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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (14 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 9 December 2014 her views on a change to the current legislation and rules in relation to income earned on a once off basis as a polling clerk being deducted in a means test for a couple in receipt of carer's allowance and jobseeker's allowance. [49661/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (14 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average time between an appeal of a decision being registered and the appeal being considered; the causes of delays; the steps her Department is taking to make any necessary improvements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1333/15]

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: What did the Government really expect? A total of €2.7 billion was cut from health during the recession. Last year alone, approximately €660 million was cut by the Government and 2,000 beds have been closed. It was inevitable there would be a bed crisis and an accident and emergency department crisis over Christmas and the new year. We have seen up to 600 people on trolleys...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (15 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been investigated for breaching the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013. [1396/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there is no provision for archaeological research to take place within the remit of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters. [2182/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Magdalen laundries are not included in the Commission of investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters. [2183/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Data (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are married to, or in civil partnerships with, Irish citizens who were not granted family reunification visas in the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive. [2228/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Data (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are married to, or in civil partnerships with, Irish citizens who were granted family reunification visas in the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive. [2229/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 341. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene to overturn the decision to refuse a family unification visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [2676/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 373. To ask the Minister for Health in order to honour Ireland's human rights obligations not to interfere with the right to obtain the highest possible standard of health, his views that the appropriate changes be made to the law to allow mifepristone and misoprostol to be available here for use in safe, early abortions. [43826/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision for transport for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 attending a special needs school in Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. [2777/15]

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 6. To ask the Minister for Health the total legal costs incurred by the Health Service Executive and the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in December 2014; and the total medical costs, including staffing, drug and technological costs incurred by the HSE and hospitals in the case [2387/15]

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask about the cost to the HSE or State in general arising from legal and medical fees in the tragic case of a clinically dead pregnant woman who was kept on life support for 23 days against the wishes of her family and next of kin. What has been the cost of this horrific case arising from the eighth amendment and involving the taking of unwanted intervention at a time when a health...

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I also conveyed my sympathies to the family when I raised this issue in the Dáil. I believe it was the only time it was raised. Nobody has mentioned the names of those in question, and nobody knows their names; that is fine but it should not be used as a gag against public representatives raising legitimate questions. Dr. Peter Boylan called what happened in the tragic case...

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: We have embarrassed ourselves again in front of the world with this case. How many more of these cases are we to have?

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It is legitimate to ask how much was spent by the State in defending what is now an absolutely disgraceful and medieval law, which has proven that women are considered to be incubators. High Court cases cost a lot of money; I know that. Having legal representation supplied to the both the unborn and deceased woman was bizarre. The Minister is unable to provide information now. Will there...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: They do not want their teachers to assess them.

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome to the Gallery any of the families or relatives of survivors of any of these homes. I must start on a negative note. It is a bad sign that the Government saw fit to cut the debate today by an hour and a half. It is not showing sufficient seriousness and I must state the Government benches are not showing sufficient seriousness regarding this matter either. This is part of a...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It will be two minutes for each of us. I extend my full support and that of the Anti-Austerity Alliance to the teachers, who are facing into strike action tomorrow. I am a member of the ASTI. I do not know if I am the only ASTI member in the Dáil who supports the teachers, but I am not the only ASTI member. In the short time I have, I want to put this strike in context. Teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a report on the decision of a hospital to seek delivery of a 15-week foetus of a brain dead woman kept alive for 23 days in December 2014. [2388/15]