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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Security Strategy (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the European travel information and authorisation system is having a negative effect on civil liberties and on the ability of non-EU nationals to visit Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44220/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 154. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the assisted human reproduction Bill to be published and brought before either House of the Oireachtas for a Second Stage debate. [44328/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Maintenance (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the residents along the railway line near Ashtown (details supplied) will be given adequate notice of works being done at weekends and at night; and the level of community liaison that takes place in these circumstances. [44428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (19 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make a State wide assessment of damage done to Traveller accommodation due to storm Ophelia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44514/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (24 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 217. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concluding observations on Ireland on the decriminalisation of abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43755/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (24 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to implement the recommendation of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding access to safe abortion and post-abortion care services for those under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43756/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Youth Homelessness Strategy (24 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to end child homelessness, in view of the fact that there are more than 3,000 homeless children and one in three homeless persons is a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43758/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Education and Training Boards (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance will be issued on the way in which students can opt out of religious instruction in education training board, ETB, schools in view of reports of a de facto Roman Catholic ethos in ETB schools in County Tipperary, details supplied; if he will clarify the religious ethos of ETB schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the ballot for industrial action by special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44855/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on increasing public funding of third level colleges to reverse the cuts that have taken place since 2008 and to end reliance on private sector funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44822/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the maintenance grant for postgraduate students will be restored. [44856/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding for and make changes to the SUSI grant to deliver increases in grants for students in view of the rise in the costs of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44821/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the two-tier pay system in place for teachers will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44857/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank Professor O'Keane for her presentation. Earlier, she said that people want a solution and that they know we need one. I agree with her, and we need a real solution that deals with the whole issue of abortion in this country. There are ten people who travel daily and the five who we know now are taking abortion pills in their own bedrooms, so that is 15 people a day. Today we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am making those points because we agreed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We agreed that matters taken in private session can be brought out in public in order that the public knows what is going on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I will finish on that. Some of my questions relate to abortion pills, which have changed attitudes towards abortion in this country. It is inevitable that eventually, no matter what happens on this committee, that will continue to be normalised here. The mental health of all women who want abortions matters, and of course this is the case for women who are suicidal. Is it the case that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: In another study that Professor O'Keane did about the prevalence of rates of antenatal depression in the Irish obstetric service - it has a very long title but she knows the one I mean - she found that one in six pregnant women was depressed, which seems to be a higher rate than in other countries in the OECD. The depression got worse as the pregnancy advanced by trimester and depression was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I wish to make a few brief points. I believe it was the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre which stated that, based on its research, approximately 5% of women could become pregnant as a result of rape.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Okay. I saw 5% somewhere else.