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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Diagnoses (16 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 757. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government commitment for a fit for work scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of many persons with disabilities regarding this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25648/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (16 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 844. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been administratively detained by the Israeli authorities; if he or his officials have had any contact with the Israeli authorities on this case or the case of other Palestinian prisoners in Israel and the occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1229. To ask the Minister for Health the amount and percentage of funding of HSE-funded health services including hospitals, public and voluntary derived from charitable contributions [25359/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1230. To ask the Minister for Health the amount and percentage of funding of HSE-funded health services including hospitals, public and voluntary, derived from for-profit income generating schemes [25360/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1231. To ask the Minister for Health the total amounts spent and budgeted for homeless services by the HSE and any other agencies under his remit in 2015 and 2016 [25361/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1232. To ask the Minister for Health the information available on the estimated annual cost of offering a full-range of reproductive services to women via the HSE free at the point of use, including contraception, abortion services and fertility treatments [25362/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1233. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of restoring HSE medical, nursing, care and home help staff to 2008 levels. [25363/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (16 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1234. To ask the Minister for Health the financial benefits that would accrue to the drinks industry from the introduction of minimum pricing for alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25364/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (16 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1389. To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested a report by the HSE and the relevant hospitals on a case that was recently reported in the media (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25914/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: There are two matters here - the legislation and the plan. I am afraid they will get mixed up. Last week, the Minister gave the members who attended that meeting the bullet points about the plan and we have a briefing here, but I certainly cannot give a commitment for my party or group until I see the legislation. I understood we would be dealing with the legislation today, not just a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I know that, but last week I thought we would have the legislation today because there was such a rush on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Chairman will remember we asked about this. The Minister is saying that he will bring the legislation from the Cabinet to the Dáil. Will he bring the legislation from the Cabinet to the committee first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister is seeking approval before we see the legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I was trying to clarify how we were doing it. Earlier, we said that we would see the legislation and then decide whether we felt it should bypass that stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The problem is that I do not consider this to be the emergency legislation we need.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not really-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: To conclude, the housing committee met over an extended period of time and recommended a great deal of legislation, none of which is contained here. We are entitled to ask when the Minister will take on board some of the recommendations, such as a moratorium on repossessions, protecting people from sale being used to evict them and so forth.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: One can drive a coach and four horses easily through that by evicting 19 people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: How much time do we have? We are only getting through the first pillar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask about a number of matters regarding the homelessness proposals. The rapid-build housing has been debated a lot already, and it seems the Government is proceeding regardless of the legitimate points made about the cost and the time it takes to build houses.