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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: My question is about the ongoing lack of a secondary school in Dublin 7 and Ashtown whereby people can choose to send their children to a school that is not segregated by gender or religion. We have a changing society but the establishment does not appear to be willing to change at the same pace. Thus there is no inclusive education at secondary level available to people in the area.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Regarding how this issue could be resolved in the immediate term, I agree that Cabra community college is an extremely viable option. I visited the school last week. I met the principal and was shown around, together with Rita Harrold, who is our representative in that area. I was really pleased with the principal's openness. One could see the potential for the people of Cabra to really...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: We know Educate Together and CDETB have done it before so they are well disposed to doing it again. The difference is that there is an existing building here but one that needs significant enhancement. Interestingly, the school is as sturdy and solid as the day it was built in the 1940s, unlike many buildings we see going up. It would need far more capacity and state-of-art laboratories...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: But you never did that before.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the need for an autism specific school in western areas of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19842/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the efforts made on raising these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18441/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 1392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce a change to the calculation for the State pension (contributory) for those that are unable to avail of the homecaring periods scheme or the homemaker's scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18400/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 1459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners who had their pensions assessed under the homecaring periods scheme; the number who received a back payment; the number still to have their pension assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19620/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 1616. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding from Údarás na Gaeltachta provided to a company (details supplied) in 2018. [19679/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 1617. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees in a company (details supplied) which received Údarás na Gaeltachta grant aid. [19680/19]

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to clarify what this debate is about and what it is not about. It is not about making an argument against providing rural areas with broadband. Broadband is essential and it is scandalous that people have had to wait so long for what is now vital communications technology. The question we are debating is why the Government is striking such a rotten deal for the taxpayer and such a...

Domestic Violence (No-contact order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (14 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Domestic Violence Act 2018 to provide for no-contact orders. I seek leave to introduce new legislation entitled the Domestic Violence (No-contact order) (Amendment) Bill 2019. We are seeking to introduce a new type of order that anybody can apply for, whether that is a victim of ongoing domestic violence...

Domestic Violence (No-contact order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (14 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The debate on this Bill has been very educational for many residents of Fingal who have only become aware of this issue as a result of figures provided on Dublin Airport. Fingal County Council prepared a noise plan recently which found there had been a 450% increase in exposure to high levels of aircraft noise. The number of people exposed in the Fingal borough increased by 5,300 as a...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: We know that. It is a patronising thing to say.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (15 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on securing a permanent site for a school (details supplied). [21005/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (15 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had discussions with the developer in the area regarding the current lease on the land a school (details supplied) is on, in view of the concern of parents and the local community on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21006/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (15 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the delivery of school provision in the Meakstown, Charlestown and Lanesborough area in Fingal, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a waiver or reduction in fees for naturalisation in cases of long-term residents here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21060/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a waiver or reduction in fees for naturalisation in cases of pensioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21061/19]