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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Migrant Integration (23 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the research contained in 'Roma in Ireland: a needs assessment' (details supplied) regarding the Roma community's experience in the education system; the action he will take to improve the Roma community's experience and educational achievements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3462/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (23 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the report Roma in Ireland: a needs assessment (details supplied); and the action he will take following the publication of this research. [3460/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (23 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the establishment of a referendum commission for a referendum on the eighth amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2922/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (23 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the research contained in Roma in Ireland: a needs assessment (details supplied) regarding the poor quality of the Roma community's housing; the action he will take following the publication of this research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3461/18]

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I wish to share time with Deputy Bríd Smith.

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome representatives of teaching unions who are in the Public Gallery. This is one of the longest motions I have seen in a while from the Opposition, as is the Government's proposed amendment. There are 11 points and a lot of suggestions in the proposers' motion. By the way, the proposers are the people who introduced the two-tier pay system in the first place. It is not a mystery...

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: On a point of order, that was voted through Dáil Éireann by Deputies - people who were elected.

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: On a second point of order, it is not just lads who become teachers.

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Women exist as well.

Shortage of Teachers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: A point of information then.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: My question is on promised legislation on repeal and a referendum on the issue of the eighth amendment. I know the Government is getting legal advice and I want to remind it that the committee I took part in, which weighed up evidence not just over weeks but months, had its own legal adviser who outlined six options for dealing with the issue. There was no support at the committee for an...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I urge the Government to stick with the recommendation of the Oireachtas committee of simple repeal. It could flounder us in massive delays on this issue.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We did not support it.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I have a few concerns on this matter. Everybody wants to see this being done in circumstances where commercial units can be brought into use for families and individuals. No one wants to delay the process but it is right that there should be some debate because what is proposed is that, until the end of 2021, vacant commercial units can become residential units without being subjected to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle has discretion.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: They had better be good.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to progress the recognition of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3870/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I refer to pillar 4, which is the rental sector. Paragraph 4.1 says the Government will develop a rental strategy. With the homeless figures showing no sign of abating and the private rented sector being the place where people generally become homeless, the Minister will agree that this is urgent. Rebuilding Ireland says the Minister will deal with the issue of tenants in situwhere there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: A briefing on HAP was sent to us in advance. Given that this is such a significant part of the Government's social housing strategy, how concerned is the Minister about the rate of rent being paid in local authority areas? When I was reading through the briefing, I noticed that the top rents under HAP are paid in Fingal and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown where the average monthly payment by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: If they left the market, those houses would then be sold. The houses do not disappear. This is constantly used-----