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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1193. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on having the annual national Famine commemoration on the same day each year. [37771/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1192. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the national Famine commemoration will take place in 2016. [37770/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
949. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills given the requirement for further education teachers to have teaching qualifications to teach in a further education college, if she will revise the Student Universal Support Ireland grant rules on progression to cater for students undertaking courses at level 8, for the purposes of becoming further education teachers, when they have a level 9 qualification. [37616/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
874. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on increasing the overseas aid budget; if this will be raised to the 0.7% target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37433/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
852. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of specialist feed for new-born children in maternity and paediatric hospitals at weekends and bank holidays; the steps that are being taken to resolve the supply problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38353/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
820. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the State support available to children and adults living with disabilities, whose doctors recommend the use of a service dog to improve their quality of life, or to increase their independence. [38141/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
819. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of complaints against a service dog training company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38140/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
818. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the regulations in place to ensure the quality of training received by service dogs to assist people living with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38139/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
784. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Health Service Executive on a full-time equivalent basis in each of the years 2007 to 2014, and in 2015 to date. [38026/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
620. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs given the recent announced changes to the early childhood care and education scheme (details supplied), if he will revise the age criteria for those who turned three years of age in July or August 2015. [37380/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
194. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the rules related to progression in the back to education allowance, to allow those persons undertaking teaching qualifications to become further education teachers, and receive the allowance, even where their teaching course is at a level below their highest qualification. [37615/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
13. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions with his European Union counterparts on the issue of the refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31781/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
12. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the refugee crisis with the Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Matteo Renzi, during his visit to Italy in summer 2015. [31780/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
340. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for the completion of building works for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [37036/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
316. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work of his Department and its embassies in raising the criminalisation of same-sex sexual relations in states where it is currently prohibited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37067/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
315. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have raised with the Iranian Embassy or with the Iranian authorities the cases of persons (details supplied) who were executed despite being children when the alleged offences took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37066/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
314. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have had any contact with the Israeli Embassy or with the Israeli authorities regarding the current situation in occupied Palestine. [37065/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
313. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any discussions held with European Union counterparts regarding the situation in occupied Palestine. [37064/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
312. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the border fence the Republic of Hungary has erected; if he or his Department have discussed the matter with the Hungarian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37063/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
284. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to retain newly qualified nurses in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37069/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
283. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the rate of pay for student nurses, given the valuable work they carry out in patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37068/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
82. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland's guidance in relation to the supply of emergency contraception, NorLevo and ellaOne, that pharmacists may refuse to dispense the drug if it lies in contradiction with their moral beliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36665/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2015
63. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on current waiting list times for speech and language therapy, given the Health Service Executive reports that the number of applications for assessments has been rising year on year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36666/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
118. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that was spent on outpatient counselling and psychotherapy services by the Health Service Executive in each of the past five years. [36703/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
117. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the measures he will take to ensure that counselling and psychotherapy services are accessible and affordable to all who need to avail of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36702/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
116. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an analysis recently on the life expectancy of members of the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36701/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
32. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of homeless children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36428/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
18. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has analysed the impact homelessness has on school attendance, the education of pupils and the life of schools; his plans to address these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36427/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
639. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 which was built in the 1950s and requires maintenance work and an end to the use of pre-fabricated buildings. [36124/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
638. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to reduce the class sizes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36123/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
431. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 22 September 2015, if he has received a report on the case of the child in the Dublin 15 area; and when he will be in a position to revert to this Deputy in this case [36524/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
425. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the educational welfare of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [36328/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
404. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department can confirm that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was resident in the State for the purposes of being eligible to play for the Irish national soccer team. [36046/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
362. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a mechanism exists to deal with an appeal of a speeding fine and penalty points, where after paying a fine the driver notices that there was an error by An Garda Síochána (details supplied). [36545/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
361. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the contact her Department has with An Garda Síochána regarding the process in place for payment of and appeal of speeding fines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36544/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
176. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if, in order to avoid a family being made homeless (details supplied) in Dublin 15, she will exercise discretion and not reject the application for rent supplement on the grounds that the parent voluntarily gave up employment when the parent is on career leave for child care reasons [36374/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
133. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for interceptions that have been made under the Interception of Postal and Telecommunications (Regulations) Act 1994 from September 2014 to date in 2015; and the number of these that were granted. [35288/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
10. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Economic Management Council took place; and when the next one is scheduled for. [31782/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2015
100. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills given that there are three Gaelscoileanna in the Dublin West and south Meath areas, and given the willingness of 454 students from these areas to enrol in a second level Gaelcholáiste from 2017, her views on the application of a school (details supplied) to be established as a second level school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35878/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2015
99. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the right of parents in the Dublin West and south Meath areas to have their children educated through the medium of the Irish language at secondary level. [35877/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2015
431. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1427 of 22 September 2015, the progress on the regulations for a tenant purchase scheme; and if there is a likely time frame for when such regulations will be made. [35537/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2015
230. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has analysed the impact homelessness has on school attendance; the education of pupils; the life of schools; his plans to address these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35589/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2015
74. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if commercial rates are to be paid to local authorities by religious and community organisations that use units in business campuses. [35482/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
210. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on his meeting with chief executive officers of the local authorities, regarding the urgent need for local authority accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35033/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
209. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there have been any write-downs of the non-principal private residence charge late payment penalties. [35032/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
208. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make provision for the write-down of non-principal private residence charge debt in cases of particular hardship, where the owners are not landlords or gaining an income from a second home, and have not paid the charge by omission rather than through deliberate evasion. [35031/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
161. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on increasing funding to the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. [35027/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
160. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a dementia case worker in each local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35026/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
159. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on delivering a dementia adviser service. [35025/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
158. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will provide intensive dementia-specific care to all local health offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35024/15]