Results 321-340 of 2,729 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 871. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities withholding housing grants and other such payments on the grounds that the household charge and-or local property tax was not paid on the property by the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reverse pay freezes and changes to terms and conditions for workers in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will end restrictions in place on recruitment in all areas of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the geographical spread of new employment as reported in the Nevin Economic Research Institute quarterly report for spring 2015; the steps he is taking to ensure geographically balanced employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12324/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on all new road signs giving equal prominence to the Irish and English languages; if his Department looked at the feasibility of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12326/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Job Creation (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 208. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the Nevin Economic Research Institute quarterly report for spring 2015 showing a concentration of new employment in the Dublin area, her views on the impact of the job creation strategy on the Gaeltacht; the steps she is taking to ensure employment is secured in the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the scheduled day of strike action by Mandate members in Dunnes Stores on 2 April 2015, if he will introduce legislation outlawing the practice of zero-hour contracts; if he will make representations to the Central Statistics Office requesting it to collect data on the prevalence of zero-hour contracts in the workforce;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the Nevin Institute's Quarterly Economic Observer (Spring 2015); his further views on the finding related to earnings distribution and low pay, in particular the number of workers earning less than the living wage threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12085/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that have been made, by year, where the applicant is seeking to record a different gender on the passport, than that which is on the applicant's birth certificate; the number of passports that have been issued, by year, where a different gender is recorded than the gender recorded on the applicant's...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications made in the Irish language from 2004 to 2014, inclusive; and the total number of passport applications in those years. [12364/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a letter from the Pyrite Remediation Board, stating that a house is scheduled for remediation due to severe damage, would not suffice as proof that it suffered significant pyritic damage to claim an exemption from the local property tax from the Revenue Commissioners. [12481/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (31 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out an impact assessment of the effect of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on food standards. [12754/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (31 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out an impact assessment of the effect of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on animal welfare standards. [12755/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (31 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 15 July 2015, the number of companies that have been banned from using the JobBridge scheme; the names of those companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13028/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Owners Management Companies (31 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation or take measures to assist residents in multi-unit estates with management companies to release house owners from these companies, as houses have no need of these companies and yet are legally obliged to continue to pay fees to them; and her views on house owners facing legal action by these companies. [9097/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (31 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 539. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have made any representations to the ambassador of the People's Republic of China, or to any other Chinese officials, regarding the continuing detention of persons (details supplied), members of a women's rights activist group who were arrested prior to International Women's Day on 8 March 2015 to prevent them from...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (31 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 666. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 871 of 24 March 2015, if he supports the requirement for applicants under the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability to have paid local property tax; and if he will implement a change to this requirement. [13248/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (1 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his discussions with other European Union Ministers for Finance regarding Greek debt and related agreements between Greece and the European Union. [13097/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation (1 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a revision of the code of conduct for mortgage arrears to prohibit the eviction from family homes and eviction of sitting tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13096/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (1 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 82. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has examined the feasibility of selling the decommissioned naval vessel, LE Aoife; if he will report on the discussions with the Maltese authorities regarding the vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13524/15]