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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
104. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for constitutional referenda in 2018. [47720/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
40. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to implement changes to the State pension in order to rectify pension inequality faced by women. [50591/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
33. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request her staff not to seek information from persons regarding former partners in circumstances in which they are survivors of domestic violence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50708/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
235. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the number of persons registered with his Department's citizens' registration service as being resident abroad. [50296/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
234. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the number of passports issued to persons living in Northern Ireland in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [50295/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
233. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the number of passports issued to persons resident outside the State in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [50294/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
232. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of entries on the foreign births register in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017. [50293/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
563. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make changes in legislation that would give rights to employees (details supplied) in cases in which there is a status red weather alert in an area in order to prevent dangerous travel to work and to protect income for lost work resulting from such a weather alert; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48753/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2017
115. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on Ireland having the second highest third level fees in Europe (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48274/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2017
88. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will report on his progress in assisting with the drafting of abortion legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48173/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2017
45. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his plans for constitutional referenda in 2018. [47720/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
151. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the reported case of a person (details supplied) not obtaining a deputy principal position in a school due to their personal circumstances took place prior to the commencement of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015. [47705/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
150. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed the matter of discrimination against school staff with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47704/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
149. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to examine the need for a change to section 37(1) of the Employment Equality Act 1998 in view of the reported case (details supplied) of a teacher receiving negative marks in a selection process for a deputy principal position due to religious beliefs. [47703/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
88. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants (details supplied) employed at the start of a school year do not have hours reduced in the course of the school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47402/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2017
1203. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the living alone allowance payment will be increased in view of the rising cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45945/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2017
1092. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be provided for an organisation (details supplied) to publish statistics on rape and sexual assault for 2016 in view of the fact that this cannot be done without same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45715/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2017
640. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the measures he will take to reduce the level of suicide and mental health problems in the Traveller community in view of recent research (details supplied) showing 82% being directly affected by suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45731/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2017
465. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received communication from the Catalan authorities following the declaration of independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46690/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2017
464. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the declaration of independence by Catalonia. [46689/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2017
398. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if seconded teachers to patron management bodies that have a religious ethos are restricted in their job descriptions to duties that do not involve the promotion of a particular religion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46632/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2017
397. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on secondment to patron management bodies at primary and secondary level; and the number of seconded teachers for each such patron body. [46631/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2017
396. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on secondment to an association (details supplied) for the year 2017-18. [46630/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2017
78. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of religious instruction in schools in which he is the patron or in which a public body is the patron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45231/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2017
34. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homeless persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45285/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2017
7. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated figures of Part V housing for 2018 and 2019; the estimated cost of this housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45284/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017
88. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the two-tier pay system in place for teachers will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44857/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017
76. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding for and make changes to the SUSI grant to deliver increases in grants for students in view of the rise in the costs of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44821/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017
70. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the maintenance grant for postgraduate students will be restored. [44856/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017
68. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on increasing public funding of third level colleges to reverse the cuts that have taken place since 2008 and to end reliance on private sector funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44822/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017
43. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the ballot for industrial action by special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44855/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017
41. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance will be issued on the way in which students can opt out of religious instruction in education training board, ETB, schools in view of reports of a de facto Roman Catholic ethos in ETB schools in County Tipperary, details supplied; if he will clarify the religious ethos of ETB schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45230/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2017
408. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he is taking to end child homelessness, in view of the fact that there are more than 3,000 homeless children and one in three homeless persons is a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43758/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2017
218. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to implement the recommendation of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding access to safe abortion and post-abortion care services for those under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43756/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2017
217. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations on Ireland and the decriminalisation of abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43755/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2017
279. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to make a State wide assessment of damage done to Traveller accommodation due to storm Ophelia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44514/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2017
231. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the residents along the railway line near Ashtown (details supplied) will be given adequate notice of works being done at weekends and at night; and the level of community liaison that takes place in these circumstances. [44428/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2017
154. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health when he expects the assisted human reproduction Bill to be published and brought before either House of the Oireachtas for a Second Stage debate. [44328/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2017
45. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the European travel information and authorisation system is having a negative effect on civil liberties and on the ability of non-EU nationals to visit Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44220/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2017
32. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports for persons here as part of the Irish refugee protection programme; if he has had engagement with these refugees to improve the level of support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44221/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2017
23. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make provision for family members over 18 years of age and those in a more extended family to be included in family reunification visas for persons who are here as part of the Irish refugee protection programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44222/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2017
15. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the right to work for persons seeking asylum arising from the Supreme Court ruling (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2017
12. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce increased payments for children living in direct provision; the measures he is taking to address the vulnerable position of children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44223/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2017
129. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the conduct of An Garda Síochána in relation to a domestic violence case (details supplied) that relates to the killing of a member of An Garda Síochána in Omeath, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2017
62. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to eliminate child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43754/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2017
38. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on dramatically reducing the cost of child care to parents while also increasing wages of workers in the child care sector; the steps she will take to achieve this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43757/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2017
39. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the health and safety requirements in place for the private operator of 10% of the Dublin Bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42145/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2017
20. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the recent closure of a number of Bus Éireann routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42146/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2017
660. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to revise the level of income disregarded for the purposes of means testing for those persons in receipt of Army pensions which are currently €2 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42585/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2017
109. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the grant for primary school student teachers for their courses in the Gaeltacht as part of their training will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42691/17]