30. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has completed its examination of new off balance sheet funding mechanisms in view of the failure to find any under the scheme announced in budget 2015; his views on the delay caused to the building of new social housing as a result; and if the funds allocated will now be immediately invested in building new social homes or acquiring vacant housing to house the homeless. [17101/17]
11. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the level of enforcement of residential tenancies legislation on landlords; if additional regulations and penalties for landlords are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17105/17]
6. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the level of social housing to be provided on the last council-owned site in Blanchardstown (details supplied) in view of the large number of homeless persons in the area; if such a low level of provision is compulsory under his Department's mixed tenure policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17103/17]
227. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of first, second and third time HAP, housing assistance payment, tenancies set up each year since the scheme was introduced in tabular form; the number of first HAP tenancies still in place; and the average tenancy length to date of HAP tenancies. [17035/17]
226. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 17 January 2017, the details of the 4,698 AHB new build units to be completed under the Rebuilding Ireland plan, showing the number of new build units to be completed by each AHB by 2021, in tabular form. [17034/17]
225. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the main differences in the way in which local authorities and approved housing bodies select or approve tenants; the legal basis for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17033/17]
224. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of information on estate management fees payable by tenants living in social housing managed by approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17032/17]
223. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the relevant legislation governing short stay rental accommodation providers, such as (details supplied); the need for reforms to this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17031/17]
222. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new build local authority completions excluding voids and regeneration units for each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17030/17]
221. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if persons accommodated in family hubs will be included in his Department's statistics on the number of homeless persons in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17029/17]
121. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance his plans for national asset residential property services, NARPS, units leased under the social housing current expenditure programme, SHCEP, after NAMA ceases; his plans for private investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17036/17]
84. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Nils Muižnieks, relating to religious discrimination in school admissions and in the running of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16704/17]
57. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the funds due to the State from religious congregations for the redress scheme; if he has received commitments from the religious congregations regarding the payment of the balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16705/17]
536. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on opt-out basis as opposed to opt-in basis for organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16349/17]
535. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase the level of organ donation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16348/17]
534. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will expand the availability of organ transplant services for children here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16347/17]
486. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision in 2012 to remove gluten-free products from the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16125/17]
58. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions he has had with a bank (details supplied) recently. [16417/17]
173. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will change the regulations so persons applying for jobseeker's benefit payments will be assessed on the most recent complete tax year, in order to end the inequity of contributions made by employees in the previous year not being taken into account when calculating jobseeker's benefit, for example, the relevant tax year for jobseeker's benefit applications in 2017 is 2015 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15829/17]
58. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the implementation of the provisions of the International Protection Act 2015; if she is satisfied that asylum seekers are gaining access to sufficient legal advice and translation services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15752/17]
22. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the remedy there will be for 14,700 persons wrongly convicted of road traffic offences due to errors in Garda records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15753/17]
199. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she will take regarding the announced 220 job losses in a bank (details supplied); if she will meet the bank and the Financial Services Union regarding this threat to employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15649/17]
81. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the Financial Services Union regarding the branch closures and job losses announced in a bank (details suppled). [15648/17]
80. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of branch closures of a bank (details supplied) on the availability of banking services to persons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15647/17]
79. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the contact he had with a bank (details supplied) regarding the announcement of branch closures and jobs losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15646/17]
276. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport cards issued in the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans to promote this service; and his further plans to make reforms to this service. [15129/17]
275. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the circumstances under which a person applying for a passport can have an application expedited; and the process in place for such cases. [15128/17]
274. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will employ extra staff in the Passport Office in view of the expected increase in the volume of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15127/17]
273. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the preparations being made for the seasonal increase in the volume of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15126/17]
146. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by a school (details supplied) and in particular, the shortage of school yard space allocation; the measures he is taking to resolve it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14900/17]
59. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her discussions on revealing and establishing the truth concerning institutions such as Magdalen laundries and mother and baby institutions; the expected timeframe for a process in respect of this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15208/17]
50. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the establishment of a truth commission relating to institutions such as mother and baby institutions, industrial schools, county homes, and Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15207/17]
589. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken in the diaspora policy to engage and support the Irish LGBT plus community abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12974/17]
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111. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on allowing access to the abortion pill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12073/17]
102. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, to prevent HIV transmissions, in view of the continuing rise in infections in 2016 and the fact that ten persons a week are now contracting HIV and the effectiveness of PrEP in dramatically reducing HIV transmissions in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12072/17]
90. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for essential medicines; if any additional leverage can be exerted on companies with operations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12075/17]
64. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of access to scans for pregnant women; his plans to enable access for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12074/17]
38. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) with a pharmaceutical company; his views on the national plan for rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12076/17]
17. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on allowing access to abortion in circumstances in which a woman's physical or mental health is at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12199/17]
641. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if his Department will support a settlement with nurses and other health care workers who are due to take industrial action on 7 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10625/17]
244. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure Traveller history and culture features in the national curriculum in view of the recognition of the Traveller community as an ethnic group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12160/17]
147. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to reduce the interest rates being charged by the so-called subprime mortgage lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11218/17]
46. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she has made representations to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an increased subsidy to Bus Éireann and to the Minister for Social Protection for an increased contribution to cover the cost of free travel in order to safeguard rural public transport connectivity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11748/17]
186. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health when he will make medical cards available to persons in receipt of domiciliary care allowance without the requirement of a means test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10854/17]