Results 881-900 of 6,881 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (24 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if parents' disability benefit or social welfare payments will be made non-assessable for means tests for adult children who are living with their parents and applying for the jobseeker's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11249/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (24 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he chose not to proceed with a ban on fur farming as was initiated by the previous Government. [11611/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (24 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if measures are being considered to reduce any duplication in Garda vetting caused by persons requiring multiple applications for vetting for different organisations within a limited period of time (details supplied). [11952/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on an incident on Henry Street, Dublin, on 13 March 2015 (details supplied). [11956/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the proper use of pepper spray by members of an Garda Síochána. [11957/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (24 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 534. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the services and assistance being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and the steps being taken for children with such difficulties [11539/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 871. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities withholding housing grants and other such payments on the grounds that the household charge and-or local property tax was not paid on the property by the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reverse pay freezes and changes to terms and conditions for workers in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will end restrictions in place on recruitment in all areas of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the geographical spread of new employment as reported in the Nevin Economic Research Institute quarterly report for spring 2015; the steps he is taking to ensure geographically balanced employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12324/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on all new road signs giving equal prominence to the Irish and English languages; if his Department looked at the feasibility of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12326/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Job Creation (25 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 208. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the Nevin Economic Research Institute quarterly report for spring 2015 showing a concentration of new employment in the Dublin area, her views on the impact of the job creation strategy on the Gaeltacht; the steps she is taking to ensure employment is secured in the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the scheduled day of strike action by Mandate members in Dunnes Stores on 2 April 2015, if he will introduce legislation outlawing the practice of zero-hour contracts; if he will make representations to the Central Statistics Office requesting it to collect data on the prevalence of zero-hour contracts in the workforce;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the Nevin Institute's Quarterly Economic Observer (Spring 2015); his further views on the finding related to earnings distribution and low pay, in particular the number of workers earning less than the living wage threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12085/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that have been made, by year, where the applicant is seeking to record a different gender on the passport, than that which is on the applicant's birth certificate; the number of passports that have been issued, by year, where a different gender is recorded than the gender recorded on the applicant's...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications made in the Irish language from 2004 to 2014, inclusive; and the total number of passport applications in those years. [12364/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (26 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a letter from the Pyrite Remediation Board, stating that a house is scheduled for remediation due to severe damage, would not suffice as proof that it suffered significant pyritic damage to claim an exemption from the local property tax from the Revenue Commissioners. [12481/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights Issues (31 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome to the Dáil today two of the sisters of Ibrahim Halawa, Nusaiba and Somaia, who are waiting patiently in the Visitors Gallery. I ask the Minister to please understand the enormous stress this family are under because of what has happened to their brother and son. Ibrahim has been jailed in Egypt since August 2013 for participating in a peaceful protest. He is recognised by...

Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights Issues (31 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Everyone is glad that the Irish Government had a representative at the so-called trial. Does the Government recognise that there cannot be a fair trial in Egypt at the moment? I ask the Minister of State to address that in his supplementary reply. If the Government believes there is any possibility of a fair trial, which is suggested in the response, that would be very dangerous. In...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (31 Mar 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out an impact assessment of the effect of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on food standards. [12754/15]