9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to set out his views on whether the recruitment embargo and the reliance on staff on temporary contracts was a major factor in the overcrowding crisis in hospitals last winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14708/15]
6. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the number of seizures of mifepristone and misoprostol, which had been ordered online by women, placing Ireland in the position of banning access to their bodily autonomy and forcing them to go abroad (details supplied). [14707/15]
884. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that have applied for their driving licence, using an Irish language application form, from the start of the National Driver Licence Service taking over the service to date, broken down by calendar year; and the county areas where these applications came from. [14688/15]
883. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons taking driving tests in 2014 who had language interpretation assistance during the test; the number in each test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14687/15]
824. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met the Disability Federation of Ireland in respect of extending the funding of its organisations under the scheme to support national organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14857/15]
823. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 199 and 200 of 4 March 2014, the consultations held with the organisations in receipt of bridging funding in the scheme to support national organisations; when he expects the process to be concluded and a decision made on the funding of these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14856/15]
759. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a system of direct debit or standing order payments for motor taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13926/15]
758. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 24 February 2015, if his Department regularly reviews the cost of administration of the motor taxation system for those taxing vehicles for periods of less than one year. [13925/15]
720. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the religion of a child's parents being used to allocate school places; her views on religion not being a criteria for the allocation of school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14598/15]
408. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on the proposed maternity leave directive, COM (2008) 637; her views on the matter with particular reference to the proposed withdrawal of the directive by the European Commission, despite approval by the European Parliament in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14915/15]
391. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the process for remedy to situations where the Garda Síochána call to a property with a warrant, and where the warrant was issued incorrectly to the wrong address (details supplied). [14730/15]
355. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of short stay C visas that were granted; and applied for, in each visa office in the years 2011 to 2014. [14283/15]
336. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the SAFE Ireland report The Lawlessness of the Home: on women’s experience of seeking legal remedies to domestic violence and abuse in the Irish legal system; if she will implement the recommendations made in the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14067/15]
318. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide for the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive, the number of military personnel from other states receiving training here; the states they come from; the subject of their training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14420/15]
164. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance following the end of the levy on pension funds, the steps he will take to remedy the reduction in the pension funds caused by this levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14547/15]
112. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 receiving an occupational injury benefit. [14786/15]
51. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will implement increases in rent supplement levels combined with a policy of rent controls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14064/15]
50. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on her Department's decision not to increase rent supplement levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14063/15]
17. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will change the guidelines on family reunification visas to take into account a person's prospective income and employment, so that spouses of younger Irish or European Union citizens may avail of this visa option; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13394/15]
97. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on any recent discussions held between his Department and organisations providing accommodation for victims of violence in the home; his views on the current provision of refuge services; the steps he will take to improve the current provision of refuge places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13439/15]
83. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Defence if there are any military personnel being trained here by the Defence Forces; if so, the states they come from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13525/15]
82. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Defence if he has examined the feasibility of selling the decommissioned naval vessel, LE Aoife; if he will report on the discussions with the Maltese authorities regarding the vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13524/15]
24. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance his views on a revision of the code of conduct for mortgage arrears to prohibit eviction from family homes and eviction of sitting tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13096/15]
16. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his discussions with other European Union Ministers for Finance regarding Greek debt and related agreements between Greece and the European Union. [13097/15]
666. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 871 of 24 March 2015, if he supports the requirement for applicants under the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability to have paid local property tax; and if he will implement a change to this requirement. [13248/15]
539. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have made any representations to the ambassador of the People's Republic of China, or to any other Chinese officials, regarding the continuing detention of persons (details supplied), members of a women's rights activist group who were arrested prior to International Women's Day on 8 March 2015 to prevent them from protesting on women's rights issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13000/15]
424. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation or take measures to assist residents in multi-unit estates with management companies to release house owners from these companies, as houses have no need of these companies and yet are legally obliged to continue to pay fees to them; and her views on house owners facing legal action by these companies. [9097/15]
221. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 15 July 2015, the number of companies that have been banned from using the JobBridge scheme; the names of those companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13028/15]
168. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out an impact assessment of the effect of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on animal welfare standards. [12755/15]
166. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out an impact assessment of the effect of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on food standards. [12754/15]
245. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a letter from the Pyrite Remediation Board, stating that a house is scheduled for remediation due to severe damage, would not suffice as proof that it suffered significant pyritic damage to claim an exemption from the local property tax from the Revenue Commissioners. [12481/15]
211. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications made in the Irish language from 2004 to 2014, inclusive; and the total number of passport applications in those years. [12364/15]
210. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that have been made, by year, where the applicant is seeking to record a different gender on the passport than that which is on the applicant's birth certificate; the number of passports that have been issued, by year, where a different gender is recorded than the gender recorded on the applicant's birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12363/15]
23. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the Nevin Institute's Quarterly Economic Observer (Spring 2015); his further views on the finding related to earnings distribution and low pay, in particular the number of workers earning less than the living wage threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12085/15]
19. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the scheduled day of strike action by Mandate members in Dunnes Stores on 2 April 2015, if he will introduce legislation outlawing the practice of zero-hour contracts; if he will make representations to the Central Statistics Office requesting it to collect data on the prevalence of zero-hour contracts in the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12084/15]
208. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the Nevin Economic Research Institute quarterly report for spring 2015 showing a concentration of new employment in the Dublin area, her views on the impact of the job creation strategy on the Gaeltacht; the steps she is taking to ensure employment is secured in the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12325/15]
205. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on all new road signs giving equal prominence to the Irish and English languages; if his Department looked at the feasibility of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12326/15]
79. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the geographical spread of new employment as reported in the Nevin Economic Research Institute quarterly report for spring 2015; the steps he is taking to ensure geographically balanced employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12324/15]
15. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will end restrictions in place on recruitment in all areas of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11696/15]
12. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reverse pay freezes and changes to terms and conditions for workers in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11695/15]
871. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities withholding housing grants and other such payments on the grounds that the household charge and-or local property tax was not paid on the property by the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11250/15]
534. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the services and assistance being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and the steps being taken for children with such difficulties. [11539/15]
507. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the proper use of pepper spray by members of an Garda Síochána. [11957/15]
506. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on an incident on Henry Street, Dublin, on 13 March 2015 (details supplied). [11956/15]
505. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if measures are being considered to reduce any duplication in Garda vetting caused by persons requiring multiple applications for vetting for different organisations within a limited period of time (details supplied). [11952/15]
361. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he chose not to proceed with a ban on fur farming as was initiated by the previous Government. [11611/15]
169. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if parents' disability benefit or social welfare payments will be made non-assessable for means tests for adult children who are living with their parents and applying for the jobseeker's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11249/15]
168. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to have a lower rate of social welfare payment for adults under 25 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11248/15]
248. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department and local authorities on homeless services from 2010 to 2014. [10777/15]
179. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and the Health Service Executive on homeless services from 2010 to 2014. [10778/15]