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Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy is wrong.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Deputy Martin is wrong.

Priority Questions: Prisoner Welfare (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the hunger strike currently taking place among Palestinian prisoners; if he has raised this matter with the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/17]

Priority Questions: Prisoner Welfare (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Since I originally tabled this question, which seeks the Minister's views on the hunger strike among 1,500 Palestinian prisoners and calls on him to raise the matter with the Israeli authorities and to make a statement on the matter, the hunger strike has finished - this happened three days ago - on foot of a concession that will allow prisoners to get two visits every month. Talks are now...

Priority Questions: Prisoner Welfare (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Nobody would ever advocate that anyone should ever go on hunger strike. I think the 1,500 prisoners in this case were driven to desperation. Most of those who are in jail in Palestine are not even tried. They are held after raids in the occupied West Bank as part of what is known as "administrative detention". It is akin to the system of internment without trial that was in existence in...

Priority Questions: Prisoner Welfare (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Next month's 50th anniversary of the occupation of the Golan Heights, Gaza, East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Sinai Peninsula will be a massive political issue. We should be calling for an end to arbitrary arrests by the Israeli authorities. In most cases, it is utterly illegal for people to be held without trial. Military raids on homes, dozens of which take place routinely, need to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Ibrahim Halawa (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a person (details supplied) currently detained in Egypt awaiting a trial. [25656/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the way in which the occupation can be ended and the steps he is taking in this regard, in view of the 50-year anniversary of the occupation of the West Bank, Golan Heights and Gaza. [25660/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the arms deal between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; his further views on the impact of this on peace in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25657/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the oppression of Kurdish political activists and political parties in Kurdish areas with the authorities of the Republic of Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25658/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Commission on the Status of Women (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria and standards that have to be met for Ireland to vote for a state to be on a United Nations body in view of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia being elected to the United Nations women's rights commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25659/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work being carried out to remove the 14,700 wrongful driving convictions and penalty points identified in March 2017; if a process will be put in place for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25390/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the processing times for applications to the treatment abroad scheme; if there has been an increase or decrease in the average processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25573/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act was signed into law by the President. It has not yet been commenced. I wish to raise general drug policy in light of that. I am finding that the drug treatment teams in communities are closing down. I hope the legislation is not a ruse to distract from that. I would like the relevant Minister to comment on and intervene regarding...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the Minister of State and, by the way, Joan Burton is a Deputy.

Amendment of Terms of Reference of the Special Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (31 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after " 'four members appointed by the Government' ". It is important that Members are aware of what is happening. There is a proposal to change terms of reference for this committee that the Dáil already agreed to, and people should examine that. In my opinion, there is no necessity or justification to introduce what is an effective ban on...

Amendment of Terms of Reference of the Special Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (31 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We have six.

Amendment of Terms of Reference of the Special Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (31 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Six.

Amendment of Terms of Reference of the Special Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (31 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It would be nice if the Minister of State actually dealt with the issues rather than something else.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (31 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the cost of the welfare fraud campaign his Department is engaged in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25950/17]