166. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures taken to tackle the rise of child poverty as outlined in the report of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (details supplied). [7744/15]
149. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the findings of the Think-tank for Action on Social Change report, which sees Ireland second in the European Union, when it comes to child care costs (details supplied). [7743/15]
171. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the coming to power of the Houthi group in Yemen; if there are any Irish citizens in Yemen; if consular assistance has been provided to these Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7477/15]
170. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the conflict in eastern Ukraine; his position regarding military assistance from other States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7476/15]
169. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the attacks on Chad, by the group called Boko Haram, from Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7475/15]
21. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from the Director of Public Prosecutions or her officials on the recent arrests in the Tallaght area related to a protest in Jobstown, Dublin 24, in November 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7111/15]
18. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the policing of anti-water charges protests in the past month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7110/15]
234. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in her Department's communications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7277/15]
226. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7290/15]
220. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7279/15]
207. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7282/15]
198. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in her Department's communications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7281/15]
192. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7284/15]
165. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7285/15]
130. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7278/15]
125. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in her Department's communications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7287/15]
104. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Defence if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7280/15]
96. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7276/15]
63. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7286/15]
60. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7288/15]
56. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if he is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in his Department's communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7283/15]
49. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is implementing a plain English policy, as outlined by the National Adult Literacy Agency, in her Department's communications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7289/15]
427. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of all girl secondary schools; the number of all boy secondary schools; and the number of co-educational secondary schools at which the ShoutOut anti-homophobic and transphobic bullying workshop was conducted between 2012 and 2015. [6636/15]
28. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the public sector recruitment embargo will be completely lifted; and if analysis has been done on the way the employment embargo is actually adding to budgetary costs and to delays in service provision in health, education and many other Departments. [5773/15]
346. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 28 January 2015, if she will consider employing extra staff for the purposes of reducing waiting times for the family reunification visa, as opposed to using existing staff in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5757/15]
341. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will restore the rent allowance paid to members of An Garda Síochána; if she will restore other allowances and payments paid to employees of her Department or agencies under her Department's remit that were cut or reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5714/15]
16. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she or her Department, in view of the homelessness crisis, have given consideration to the raising of rent supplement levels; her plans for legislation to prevent landlords from being able to refuse to accept rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4967/15]
7. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to transfer single parents who are carers from receipt of the full one-parent family payment and half carer's allowance to full carer's allowance once their youngest children reach the age of seven years. [4966/15]
37. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the extension of the artist tax exemption to non-resident artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47011/14]
16. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance her views on ending the artist tax exemption for artists who are already in receipt of large incomes and funding. [46868/14]
553. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has estimated the level of non-payment of water charges that would result in expenditure in Irish Water being deemed not to be an off balance sheet expenditure item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4479/15]
499. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he approved the lowering of the national flag over his Department's building on St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, on 23 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4569/15]
437. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have availed of terminations under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013; the number of women who have been refused; his views on the follow-up care for women who have been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4590/15]
309. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he approved the lowering of the national flag over his Department's building on Kildare Street, Dublin 2, on 23 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4568/15]
249. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a change in regulations to the way bank charges will be applied on accounts with low balances; where the charging of fees greatly reduces the balance or brings the balance to zero; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4588/15]
166. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a sale of Aer Lingus will have an impact on employment, pensions, aviation services and tourism. [4363/15]
135. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the take-over bid by IAG for Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4362/15]
96. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will alter medical card guidelines in order that those under 26 years of age who are in receipt of less than €164 per week are ineligible for medical cards as they are deemed dependent on parents (details supplied). [4013/15]
72. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the increase in processing time in family re-unification visas due to lack of resources and a higher volume of applications; if she will increase the resources to minimise the hardship on separated families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3983/15]
8. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new social homes that are targeted to be built by the local authorities in 2015 and 2016 arising from the Government's housing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3650/15]
515. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an estimate of the number of pyrite damaged houses which will be remediated using the funds provided by the taxpayer in the last and current budget; the additional funds that will be made available to remediate houses damaged by pyrite heave; and his views on the surplus of €25 million declared by a company (details supplied). [3515/15]
514. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of building condition assessments with damage condition rating 2 received by the Pyrite Resolution Board; and the number of houses remediated since the Pyrite Resolution Board began accepting the BCAs in August 2013. [3514/15]
435. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the report Analysis of Bilingual Competence: Language Acquisition Among Young People in the Gaeltacht by an Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46869/14]
156. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the situation whereby more than 120 applicants cannot access a place in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, in particular the case of approximately 20 students from feeder schools; and the measures taken to relieve this situation. [3263/15]
121. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the scheduled teachers' strike on junior certificate reforms. [3371/15]
218. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxis that received funding from the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant run by the National Transport Authority in 2014; and his views of having another such scheme in 2015. [3140/15]
217. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the waiting times for the national car test; and the steps being taken to remedy the current situation. [3107/15]
190. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure building work on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 commences soon so that first year students may enrol in the school in September 2016. [3139/15]
189. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 554 of 16 December 2014, her views on the way in which explanatory notes are recorded on the junior and leaving certificates (details supplied); her further views that this should be changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3135/15]
110. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the enforcement of the requirement for drivers to have a valid national car test certificate in view of the current waiting period for the NCT test. [3108/15]