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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 819. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of complaints against a service dog training company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38140/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the State support available to children and adults living with disabilities, whose doctors recommend the use of a service dog to improve their quality of life, or to increase their independence. [38141/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 852. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of specialist feed for new-born children in maternity and paediatric hospitals at weekends and bank holidays; the steps that are being taken to resolve the supply problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38353/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 874. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on increasing the overseas aid budget; if this will be raised to the 0.7% target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37433/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the requirement for further education teachers to have teaching qualifications to teach in a further education college, if she will revise the Student Universal Support Ireland grant rules on progression to cater for students undertaking courses at level 8, for the purposes of becoming further education teachers, when they have a level 9...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 1192. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the national Famine commemoration will take place in 2016. [37770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 1193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on having the annual national Famine commemoration on the same day each year. [37771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the percentage of staff in her Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38630/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given that her Department turned down an application for rent supplement from a family (details supplied) in Dublin West, and given her assurance in her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 20 October 2015, to provide assistance to this family, if she will intervene in the appeal of the decision to avoid this family...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38624/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38629/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38627/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38617/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 105. To ask the Minister for Defence the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if training programmes are in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38621/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of staff in her Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38628/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38619/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38626/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of staff in his Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38625/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore the funding to Traveller education support programmes that was cut over the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38596/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of staff in her Department capable of dealing with the public in the Irish language; if there are training programmes in place for staff to improve their level of working Irish; the provision there is for other minority languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38622/15]