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Other Questions: Education Standards (3 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: There have been improvements in reading and mathematics. One principal has sent an e-mail to me asking what the reward for teachers and schools has been. It has been a continuation of cuts that were brought in by Fianna Fáil in the previous Administration, but which were then added to by the current Government, such as a 15% cut in resource teaching hours. The reversal of the cuts has...

Other Questions: Education Standards (3 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It is despicable that the previous Government, which brought the troika into this country, particularly targeted children, as the UNICEF report clearly indicated, and gutted the education system with, for example, 100 primary school teachers lost around that time in Dublin West. The present Government has continued to make children and education pay. For example, 98% of second level schools...

Other Questions: Education Standards (3 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Will the Minister restore all those cuts to teachers now?

Other Questions: Education Standards (3 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis has been conducted to assess the impact of the reduction in the number of teachers and special needs assistants on education standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8830/15]

Other Questions: Education Standards (3 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Has an audit been done on the impact of austerity on education and on the hundreds of teachers and special needs assistants taken out of schools over the past number of years by the previous Government and by this one? Will the Minister make a statement on that?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (3 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on developments in the dispute between bricklayers and builders and a construction company (details supplied) at a school site in Lucan, County Dublin; if she has met with their representatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8829/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (3 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the extra cost to the State due to the late transfer of water treatment plants from the local authorities to Irish Water; the expected extra costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8823/15]

Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It has become common for the Labour Party, almost in an act of self-pity, to say it is being treated as the mudguard for Fine Gael policy, but a Labour Party Minister has tabled the Bill. Apparently, in the Cabinet reshuffle, getting the environment portfolio was a priority for the Labour Party. I wonder why, having seen this Bill. First it introduced water charges, then there was a...

Other Questions: International Relations (26 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on meetings, or contact, he has had with the new Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs. [8250/15]

Other Questions: International Relations (26 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Will the Minister report on any contact, letters or meetings that have taken place between him and the Greek Government and its Minister for Foreign Affairs, considering that that country faces the same plight as this country faced in its battle against austerity with the EU, the ECB and the troika?

Other Questions: International Relations (26 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: That is absolutely unbelievable. The Greek Government came to power with a massive mandate from the people of Greece and all the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade has done is had a chat at a meeting with them and wished them well. Is it not the case that, in reality, the Minister has not really wished them well? Instead of giving support for and showing solidarity with people who...

Other Questions: International Relations (26 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Is it not the case that what has taken place is, in effect, a silent coup against a democratically elected Government with a huge mandate from its people? In effect, what was said was: "We will bring down your banking system if you do not comply and agree to impose austerity against the mandate on which you were elected." There is a tug of war taking place in Greece at the moment with the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on meetings he had with political leaders in the North and-or in the United Kingdom regarding the Stormont House Agreement. [8251/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (26 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the survey and policy paper of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, Ireland is Home, on the lives of undocumented migrants in Ireland (details supplied); if she will introduce a regularisation scheme for those who are currently undocumented in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8545/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (26 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the increase in the number of naturalised citizens, if he will issue guidelines to polling staff, in the upcoming referenda, to allow those listed on the electoral register, as non-Irish citizens, to vote, where they can produce evidence of their citizenship, such as a passport, or certificate of...

Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I will start with the Government's amendment. It is quite surreal that it would argue that the top 10% have lost the most in the last seven years of austerity. It is more of the Alice in Wonderland delusion. It must be the reason the Fine Gael Party was barricaded in Mayo last weekend and the Labour Party will be barricaded this weekend. They are living on another planet. A total of...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I, too, welcome the recognition within the Bill of the diverse range of families we have in this country. Let us be clear. It is not that forward-thinking, because for decades there has been diversity in family types in this country. The Bill is recognising that reality. For example, there are 308,000 children being raised by lone mothers and about 44,000 children being raised by single...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Judicial Reviews (25 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 18. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the investigation into the Miss Y case; and whether the Government will consider a review of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, and legislation around the termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8040/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (25 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 43. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the number of persons staying on hospital trolleys; and the steps being taken, by his Department, to improve the situation. [8041/15]

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Last Thursday evening, five anti-water charges activists were ordered to be incarcerated by a High Court judge for protesting against the installation of water meters not wanted by the overwhelming majority in this country. For the record, the judge discounted all suggestions of bad behaviour and jailed them solely on the evidence they had contravened and come inside a 20 m exclusion zone...