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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 694. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the position of the Rohingya people of Myanmar, Burma, due to the reports of ethnic cleansing against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41494/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 751. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on plans to commemorate the Civil War; if any particular events will be marked and if so, which events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1483/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include a device used by those with type 1 diabetes (details supplied) on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1182/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 886. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will provide a person (details supplied) with the appropriate autism specific residential service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41227/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1159. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) for those persons with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 will be made available through the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1211/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Homelessness Strategy (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1684. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the proposed free child care scheme for homeless children in Dublin; and if there are plans for the scheme to extend to children outside Dublin. [41506/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself with the processes in place to determine patronage of new schools, particularly in areas with religious and cultural diversity in the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interventions his Department makes to assist the educational needs of asylum seekers and refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2004/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I apologise for being late as there was a community event in my area I had to attend. I hope I will not repeat what others have said and will try to focus on the social housing pillar. Homelessness is an international problem and is evident in every country. A baby died on the streets in Portland, Oregon, which is in the richest country on the planet, and homelessness is at a phenomenal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I will finish on that point. Is it this year or next year? This year seems like an absolute impossibility but is that the plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: How much for example would the Department give Fingal and the various councils? Everyone here is asking the same question, namely, why is there a gap between the councils and the money that the Department says is available. How much has the Department given them? We want to go back and tell them the Department says they have X million euro and ask why they are not developing those sites.

Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: As a teller, under Standing Order 73(3)(b) I propose that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress in extending rent pressure zones to other areas. [2178/17]

Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask when the Minister will expand the rent pressure zones and why he has taken such a softly, softly approach to the whole question. Rents are rising at a faster rate in places like Kildare, Meath, Laois and other areas adjacent to Dublin, in the suburbs of Cork and in areas adjacent to Galway, Limerick and Waterford cities but the Minister has not extended the rent pressure zones...

Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister said that before Christmas and the entire nation was gobsmacked when he said that there was no data to show that rents were rising, if not rocketing, in those areas. There are countless Deputies here who can attest to that and the Minister could just look at www.daft.ieon any day to see the level of rent in those areas. I also want to ask the Minister about the rate of rent....

Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister gives the impression that if tenants do not pay their rent, it will take years to evict them but in fact the process at the moment is that they only have to be given 28 days' notice, plus 14 days during which they are given the opportunity to pay their arrears, regardless of how small. While I accept that there can be a variety of reasons for disputes between landlords and...

Other Questions: Water Charges (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: They were giving plenty of opinions.

Other Questions: Water Charges (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The best option for the Minister is to let this go.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Deposit Protection Scheme Implementation (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for reconsidering the implementation of a deposit protection scheme under the control of the Residential Tenancies Board; the details of any lobbying from landlords regarding control of deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the information he has available of the annual cost to the Exchequer of subsidies, including tax breaks and tax exemptions, for private landlords, developers and other property owners including vulture funds, as compared to the cost of State investment in permanent State owned local authority housing; and if he will...