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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am discussing the matter with everybody on the committee. I want to make this point because I do not want to hear again about Airbnb causing the housing crisis; talk about clutching at straws. The reasons there is a housing crisis are the three reasons I have outlined . Nothing has been done about rent, nothing is being built and the vacant units are being allowed to sit there. Airbnb is...

Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann: Sitting in Joint Committee - Exchange of views with Mr. Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator of the Taskforce for the Preparation and Conduct of Negotiations with the United Kingdom (11 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. Solidarity also must stand against the consensus expressed by Mr. Barnier and most of the other parties. The growing alienation against the EU - which Mr. Barnier has labelled "populism" - is actually largely a reaction to years of a neo-liberal agenda within the EU that has favoured the interests of big business and banks against those of workers and the poor....

Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." We live in a State where it is legal to keep a child out of school based on the religion of his or her parents or the lack of religion. We live in a State where people of different religions work and live side by side but schools tend to segregate them. In surveys, 71% of people in the State have indicated that church bodies should have...

Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Would a citizens' assembly be good?

Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Catholic schools did not give out the non-Catholic information.

Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: They should not. They are not there to prioritise rugby.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Code of Ethics (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports of video footage of a vulnerable person (details supplied) being circulated on social media by a member of An Garda Síochána; the steps she will take on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23270/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities not spending allocated funds for Traveller accommodation; the steps he will take to ensure that these funds are spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22757/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Rather than wasting time.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 81. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies. [23937/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 82. To ask the Taoiseach the persons employed through agencies in his Department, in tabular form. [23949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Recruitment (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of her Department through agencies in the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Recruitment (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the persons employed through agencies in her Department in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23947/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23931/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the persons employed through agencies in his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23929/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the persons employed through agencies in his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23943/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons who are employed under the aegis of his Department through agencies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23930/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Administration (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to tackle the reported delays in maternity benefit payments. [23397/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Administration (17 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether the reported delays in maternity benefit need to be tackled as an emergency in view of the fact that it is the only source of income for women whose employers do not pay for their maternity leave. [23398/17]