6. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to report on the accommodation of homeless children in adult homeless accommodation; the actions she has taken on the welfare of homeless children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14844/16]
677. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the decision by staff at Oberstown youth detention centre to proceed with industrial action on 31 May 2016. [14585/16]
356. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a report from the ambassador to Brazil regarding the alleged rape of a teenage girl by a group of 30 or more men that has sparked protests against sexual violence against women in Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14548/16]
336. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will instruct his officials to clearly include the post office network as an option for payments from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14811/16]
234. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the cost of accommodation for students; the steps he will take in the coming months for the 2016-17 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14746/16]
233. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide assistance to the Dublin students union in the National University of Ireland in its proposed publicity campaign related to rent-a-room accommodation. [14745/16]
110. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 24 May 2016, the number of new staff and level of extra funding that will be invested in the national ambulance service to ensure there is a high-quality and responsive ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13690/16]
94. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who experienced difficulties with the ambulance service and treatment in hospital following strokes; the actions he will take to prevent such issues arising again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13691/16]
1. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the proposed citizens' assembly will report back to Dáil Éireann on the eighth amendment of the Constitution. [10147/16]
908. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and size of employment agencies operating in the State for each year since 2008. [13637/16]
907. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of agency workers employed in the State for each year since 2008, in tabular form. [13636/16]
786. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on puppy farming; his views on the welfare of dogs in this environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12866/16]
666. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the proposed industrial action by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth to express its concern on staff shortages; and his plans to resolve the situation. [12720/16]
519. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the number in receipt of family income supplement for each year since 2008; and the projected number this year. [13643/16]
265. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance to report on his meetings with a bank (details supplied) in 2016; if he discussed the sale of the bank's sale of its distressed mortgage portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13538/16]
76. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach the number and percentage of workers earning less than the living wage of €11.50 an hour for each year since 2008, in tabular form [13641/16]
73. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach the number of workers on temporary contracts and on temporary employment as a percentage of employment for each year since 2008, in tabular form. [13638/16]
59. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has consulted with Government Departments, including the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Justice and Equality, on difficulties in recruiting and retaining certain types of public servants arising from the two-tier pay system and other pay reductions applied during the economic crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12996/16]
52. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to bring forward the restoration of pay and pay equality for public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12995/16]
226. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with animal rights campaigners (details supplied) who will be in Ireland in early June 2016 and who have requested a meeting to discuss the export trade of greyhounds to the Macau Special Administrative Region in China. [12335/16]
107. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 17 May 2016, if he will repeal subsection 9 of section 3A of the Water Services Act 2014 to enable council tenants to participate under the tenant purchase scheme, given the commitment to suspend water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12323/16]
73. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance to review the investment of the strategic investment fund in fossil fuels and other industries that have a harmful impact on climate change and the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12298/16]
48. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria he will use to assess a person's ability to work as part of the fit-for-work programme as per the programme for Government. [11836/16]
31. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection for further information on how the fit for work programme will relate to other labour activation measures such as JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11837/16]
494. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to recruit extra staff and provide extra resources for the national ambulance service; his views on the recommendations made in the national ambulance service capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11726/16]
442. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the location of the National Children's Hospital at the St. James's Hospital site; if he will review the decision and the decision-making process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11382/16]
130. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the report on the findings of the 2015-2016 national audit of guidance counselling practice in second level schools and colleges of further education; if he will reverse the cuts made to the allocation of guidance counsellors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11189/16]
57. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken to keep global warming below 1.5° Celsius more than pre-industrial levels, as agreed at the 2015 United Nations Paris climate change conference. [11330/16]
40. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has liaised with the housing agencies responsible for the implementation of the pyrite remediation process regarding their progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11329/16]
1011. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the greyhound trade with the Macau Special Administrative Region in China; if he has animal welfare concerns about this trade; if he will intervene to prevent the export of greyhounds to locations where there are animal welfare concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9759/16]
382. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the requirement by Donegal County Council to have the payment of water charges as a condition for the tenant purchase scheme; if he agrees with this requirement, given there is no requirement for the payment of other utility bills by the tenant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9699/16]
380. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 4 May 2016, the outcome of his meeting with the students' union in the National University of Ireland Dublin on 2 September 2015; and if he committed to assisting the union in promoting a rent-a-room scheme and the steps he has taken in this regard [9735/16]
375. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of difficulties landlords have had in availing of house insurance if they are to take part in local authority housing schemes such as the housing assistance payment scheme; the number of such cases he is aware of, by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9604/16]
281. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of homeless children in primary and in secondary education. [9409/16]
312. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will assist the Students Union in the University College Dublin with its promotion of the rent-a-room scheme following his meeting on 2 September 2015 with the president of the union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9067/16]
9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why she applied a negative re-evaluation of deferred defined pensions; if she has assessed the impact this will have on pensions paid to deferred defined benefit pensioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8709/16]
79. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of homeless children in primary level education and in second level education. [8587/16]
78. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will put in place to cater for the specific needs of homeless children in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8586/16]
77. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the assessments she has conducted on the school transport needs of homeless children who are living in emergency accommodation away from where they originally lived and who are enrolled in school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8585/16]
39. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the treatment of a person (details supplied) who requires access to speech therapies. [8534/16]
38. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times for autistic children seeking access to therapies in Beechpark Service in the Dublin North-West Health Service Executive area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8533/16]
362. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of those living outside the State who are applying for a passport with regard to the new requirement to have a public services card to make a first-time adult application for a passport. [8034/16]
226. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times of visa applications for each type of visa; the number of visa applications for each type of visa, that are not being processed in the target time, from the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of staff allocated for the processing of visa applications, in the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8407/16]
11. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to alter the rules of the State pension (contributory) scheme to recognise J class pay related social insurance payments in certain circumstances (details supplied). [8090/16]
9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to report on the time it takes for jobseekers' payments for term-time workers in education to have their applications processed and payments made (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7914/16]
8. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will change the manner in which term-time workers in the education sector on low working hours receive jobseekers' payments when school holidays are taking place (details supplied) given the low level of payment many receive at Easter time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7913/16]
379. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the meeting of target issue dates in the processing of passports and passport cards in 2016; his plans to meet the increased summer demand in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7426/16]