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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: On a point of order, the Democratic Unionist Party was set up in 1971.

Business of Dáil (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: May I raise a point on that?

Business of Dáil (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I know the Business Committee discussed this but I wanted to put on the record of the House that there is a major national strike taking place in Bus Éireann. The Government may try to pretend it does not have any role in that, but as a major shareholder, it does. The matter has not been discussed in the Dáil and is not on the agenda. To me, the obvious time for discussion would...

Business of Dáil (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not the first inaccuracy I have pointed out. It probably will not be the last.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the establishment of a truth commission relating to institutions such as mother and baby institutions, industrial schools, county homes, and Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15207/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 59. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her discussions regarding revealing and establishing the truth concerning institutions such as Magdalen laundries and mother and baby institutions; the expected timeframe for a process for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15208/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by a school (details supplied) and in particular, the shortage of school yard space allocation; the measures he is taking to resolve it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14900/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the preparations being made for the seasonal increase in the volume of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15126/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will employ extra staff in the Passport Office in view of the expected increase in the volume of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15127/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the circumstances under which a person applying for a passport can have an application expedited; and the process in place for such cases. [15128/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (28 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport cards issued in the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans to promote this service; and his further plans to make reforms to this service. [15129/17]

Northern Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the tabling of the debate albeit we should also be discussing the Bus Éireann strike. I send solidarity to the workers who will be here later today. On the impasse in the assembly in the North, I note that the Good Friday Agreement has created a period of relative peace and an important opportunity for working class and ordinary people to build a political alternative to the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: When will the judicial council Bill be brought before the Dáil? Will it deal with what I believe to be a sinister development? The Director of Public Prosecutions has sent a letter to defendants who are facing trial in April in respect of events in Jobstown. She has asked them not to participate in an event at Liberty Hall on Saturday which has been widely advertised and which will be...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: This is the most political trial of the decade.

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Solidarity welcomes the opportunity to discuss the delivery of the new children's hospital and how best to deliver quality health care for children. We have serious misgivings about the cost of the new hospital. As the motion outlines, there has been an increase in the cost from €404 million in 2012 to approximately €1 billion in 2017. We are told that much of the added cost...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Branch Closures (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he had with a bank (details supplied) regarding the announcement of branch closures and jobs losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15646/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Branch Closures (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of branch closures of a bank (details supplied) on the availability of banking services to persons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15647/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Branch Closures (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the Financial Services Union regarding the branch closures and job losses announced in a bank (details suppled). [15648/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 199. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she will take regarding the announced 220 job losses in a bank (details supplied); if she will meet with the bank and the Financial Services Union regarding this threat to employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15649/17]

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Solidarity - People Before Profit Deputies pushed for this debate to be put on the agenda and it has been difficult to reach agreement. The Taoiseach justified visiting a racist, sexist American President and offering him the hand of friendship - I do not know why the Minister of State is making a face - on the grounds that he would make a case about immigration and the illegal, undocumented...

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