236. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recommendations for actions in the education system contained in the new Royal College of Physicians of Ireland policy statement on obesity here; the measures she will implement on the matter of obesity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38880/14]
224. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the full recognition of the state of Palestine; and the steps he will take on this matter following the recognition of the state of Palestine by the Kingdom of Sweden. [38881/14]
155. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations of the new Royal College of Physicians of Ireland policy statement on obesity here; the measures he will implement on the matter of obesity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38879/14]
154. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the increase in annual fees nurses are required to pay to An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais to remain registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38878/14]
212. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the budget reductions and changes to the rules related to the housing adaption scheme. [38480/14]
136. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will create a statutory entitlement to community care services, including home helps and home care packages, as recommended in the Seanad Éireann report on the rights of older people of March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38481/14]
127. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views regarding a change in law and regulations to allow for the medicinal prescription of cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38414/14]
45. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a reversal of the reductions and changes to the household benefits package that has taken place since 2011. [38479/14]
44. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a reversal of the reduction in the respite care grant that took place in budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38478/14]
9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will replace three lost posts in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, due to the difficulties in the provision of education in this disadvantaged area; the loss of posts include an assistant principal post and other vital duties such as organising of a care team for students, library, discipline, social, bereavement, IT and a range of subject coordination. [37872/14]
97. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions he and his officials have had with representatives of the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong special administrative region regarding the protests in Hong Kong that are demanding democracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37735/14]
92. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on police repression of protests in Hong Kong against protestors; if he has made representations to the authorities in the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or their representatives here regarding the use of police against peaceful protestors in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37736/14]
150. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will receive an appointment for an operation in Beaumont Hospital without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37538/14]
152. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place for the education and welfare of primary and secondary students who are homeless; if she will report on the number of primary and secondary students who have been homeless in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37255/14]
138. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way he will reach the target of 0.7% GNP to be given in overseas aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37304/14]
118. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the results of a recent opinion poll (details supplied) in which legislation for abortion here is now widely supported and deemed urgent by the majority in society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36440/14]
241. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the most recent annual service plan and five-year strategy statement for the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board. [36349/14]
240. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the minutes from the meetings of the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board over the past year. [36348/14]
239. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of school leavers progressing to third level, broken down into areas of Dublin. [36347/14]
238. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of school leavers progressing to third level; and if she will distinguish between institutes of technology, universities and other colleges. [36346/14]
237. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of school leavers completing the leaving certificate in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014, broken down into areas of Dublin. [36345/14]
236. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of school leavers who completed the leaving certificate in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [36344/14]
235. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the completion and progression figures for VTOS courses over the past ten years. [36343/14]
234. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the completion and progression figures for individual FÁS centres over the past ten years. [36342/14]
233. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the completion and progression figures for FÁS courses over the past ten years. [36340/14]
31. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the number of asylum-seekers that have travelled outside the State for the purposes of termination of pregnancy in the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; the process that is in place for such women to avail of the necessary visas and travel documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35408/14]
30. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention had been drawn to the case of the migrant rape victim known as Miss Y prior to addressing the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva in July. [35410/14]
554. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will take the necessary steps at the Council of the European Union this year so that the derogation on the status of the Irish language is ended in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35501/14]
520. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Irish Water to make exemptions or allowances or both for persons with disabilities and other medical conditions, such as dementia and other infirmities. [35851/14]
475. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the charging for water by Irish Water will impact on building and home improvement costs; and if his Department has examined the possible impact on buildings insurance should water charges increase cost of rebuilding. [35466/14]
240. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to allegations of alteration of tuberculosis test certificates by a veterinary inspector (details supplied); and his views on such practices being widespread. [35469/14]
239. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken by his Department to ensure that temporary identity tags on cattle are correctly recorded and the traceability of these animals is fully supervised; and the number of cases that have been identified in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in breaches of the regulations. [35468/14]
238. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures taken by his Department to ensure that veterinary physicians certifying test certificates for tuberculosis in cattle do not alter a certificate without due cause; the number of alterations of such certificates that were identified by the Department in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [35467/14]
34. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach the number of workers that work on temporary or part-time contracts of employment in the years 2007-13, inclusive. [32433/14]
1758. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will grant licences for hare coursing for the 2014/2015 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33567/14]
1757. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will lift the cap on the recruitment of new staff at the Natural History Museum; and her views on the impact the level of staffing is having on the operation of the museum. [33566/14]
1692. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact the level of staffing of the Natural History Museum is having on tourism in Dublin. [33568/14]
1485. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the meetings of the technical working group for the Seanad Electoral (University Members)(Amendment) Bill; if he will report on any conclusions or decisions made; the number of meetings that have taken place; the meetings that are scheduled; if the group has come across any challenges relating to the new electoral register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33111/14]
1476. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a projection by year of the quantity of social housing to be built from 2014 inclusive onwards; the number of units to be provided directly by local authorities and the number to be provided through approved housing bodies; and if he will provide a numerical breakdown by the approved housing bodies concerned. [33046/14]
1475. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an annual breakdown of the quantity of social housing constructed since 2009 according to the number of units provided directly by local authorities and the number constructed through approved housing bodies; and if he will provide a breakdown of the approved housing bodies concerned. [33045/14]
1458. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the steps he will take to protect from eviction the tenants living in the homes that are part of Ulster Bank's sale of non-performing home loans, Project Aran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33987/14]
1453. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the aggregate annual costs and cost per household from 2008 to 2013 to the Exchequer of accommodating households on the housing waiting list in private rental accommodation through the rental accommodation scheme; and the average net annual cost per household to the State for those accommodated in local authority housing over the same period. [33043/14]
1269. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the ESRI report "Leaving School in Ireland: a longitudinal study of post-school transitions"; and her position regarding the class divisions evident in the study and implications for Government policy. [33410/14]
1199. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Israeli plans to expand settlement at Gush Etzion near Bethlehem in the occupied Palestinian territories; the steps he has taken, or will take, to express the view of the Irish Government to the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33993/14]
1198. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the persecution of minority groups in Iraq and Syria; the steps he has taken, and will take to give assistance and support to victims of the conflict in those states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33991/14]
1197. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the role his Department had in permitting two F16 fighter jets from the United States of America military enter Irish airspace and fly over Croke Park and Dublin city on 30 August 2014; if he will report on the correspondence his Department had with the Embassy of the United States, the Gaelic Athletic Association, other Government Departments and aviation authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33988/14]
1192. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications for children of non-EEA-EU-Swiss parents rejected in the years 2007 to date in 2014 as the reckonable residency of their parents was not sufficient. [33577/14]
1191. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Ombudsman's investigative report on passports for Irish-born children of non-EEA-EU-Swiss citizen; and the steps his Department have taken and will take following its publication. [33571/14]