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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: On a point of order, the Taoiseach has been unbelievably cynical in his answers to serious questions that were tabled about Donald Trump. He is-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: That is why we are answering him.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: That is not the truth

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reduce the student contribution charge in third level education; his views on an organisation's (details supplied) call for the charge to be reduced by a minimum of €250; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the grant for student teachers' attendance at Gaeltacht courses in order to improve the access to teacher training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30596/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision in budget 2014 to impose a pro rata student contribution in view of the programme for Government commitment to increasing apprenticeships; if he will remove apprenticeship fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make supports which are available to full-time students, such as the fund for students with disabilities, the student assistance fund and the maintenance grant, available to part-time students and students in further education. [30598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the income threshold for eligibility for the SUSI grant. [30599/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the payments in the SUSI grant in view of the increases in the cost of living. [30600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision in budget 2011 to change the distance required to qualify for the non-adjacent rate of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30601/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will fully reinstate the postgraduate grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the call by an organisation (details supplied) for a restoration of the student assistance fund over the next three years. [30603/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase funding for mental health services in third level colleges; and his views on the call by an organisation (details supplied) for a €3 million per annum ring-fenced budget for student counselling and supports. [30604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the provision of wheelchair accessible homes as part of council home building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30559/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the upper limit under the housing adaptation grant; his further plans to increase the means test thresholds; his views on the call by an organisation (details supplied) for the maximum to be increased from €30,000 to €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30560/17]

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Is the Taoiseach not worried about the stitch-up by the gardaí?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 6. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for constitutional referenda in the coming year. [31189/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am glad that there is now a commitment to hold a referendum on the eighth amendment in 2018. The question is what kind of referendum it will be. I hope it will be one that respects the findings of the Citizens Assembly, which this Dáil established against the advice of many of us. It came up with a decision to trust women. I also hope that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 Jul 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has determined the number of homeless children here; the measures being taken to protect their welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31215/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (4 Jul 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress of the national LGBTI+ youth strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31214/17]