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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (28 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I already saw a reply the Minister made to another Deputy which referred to the cost of €1 million for such a report. I am amazed that the lack of €1 million is considered a deterrent and barrier to carrying out vital research over three years. It is not just to see if things have changed. It is also to see what has been the experience of women and others who have suffered...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (28 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: In the previous SAVI report, there were some findings that bear out a need for further research. A total of 42% of women and 28% of men reported some form of sexual abuse in their lifetime. A third of women had some level of sexual abuse in childhood. A total of 23% of perpetrators of abuse against women were partners and ex-partners whereas the figure for male victims is 1%. We have a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 9 June 2016, if she will report on the developments in the Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy; if she will support the recognition of Travellers as an ethnic group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27438/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (28 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to provide better protection to victims of domestic violence by extending eligibility for safety orders to all in intimate partner relationships, provide for emergency barring orders and cover online intimidation and stalking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27434/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (28 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [27437/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Policy (28 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will restore funding to Women's Aid and other such services for victims of domestic violence; if she will expand the provision of refuges and other services for women and children to meet demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27435/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The issue of St. Mochta's school will be the subject of what I anticipate will be an extremely large public meeting in Clonsilla tonight. This is now one of the biggest issues in Dublin 15, which, as the Minister knows, is a vast and growing area. I know the Minister is meeting members of the school management and I hope the news is good in anticipation of that meeting. This was a ten-year...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: This is not just about children in prefabs. It is also about the substandard conditions in which children and staff are learning and working. The accommodation is dark, damp and mouldy and completely unsuitable. These are the worst conditions in which I have ever seen children being taught. It is absolutely intolerable. We are told there has been a recovery in the economy. Why can more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further education, FE, teacher training students are undertaking a qualification required to teach in FE colleges after 1 April 2013, Teaching Council regulation 5, generally have pre-existing level 8 and level 9 qualifications; if he will review the regulations for the student grant to allow these students to avail of financial supports;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (29 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 205. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the call by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland to increase home care funding for those with dementia by €67 million in 2017; if he will increase funding for home care for those with dementia to provide support for them and their families and to avoid persons entering residential care where not appropriate; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the convening of the Citizens Assembly. [27085/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the convening of the Citizens Assembly which will discuss a number of proposed Constitutional Changes. [28716/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: That was a very short and scant-in-detail report on the Citizens Assembly. It seems that the Taoiseach is determined to go ahead with this charade. The word on the street is that it is a delaying tactic, a Craggy Island solution to a problem. It flies in the face of polls. The Taoiseach always eschews polls, yet the Government is using a polling company to pick 99 people. All of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Is it a case of balancing it up? It is usually the people who ask the questions who are prioritised.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It was the Taoiseach's party that put it in.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: What committee will deal with it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry, Leas-Cheann Chomhairle, but which committee will the recommendations go to? Everybody has asked that question and it has not been answered. What Dáil committee will it go to?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: He thinks but he is not sure.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: He does not know what committee. Everybody has asked this question -----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: He does not know, he said.