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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (17 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of increased rental payments under the protocol with Threshold and the national tenancy sustainment framework in each of the Dublin postal districts. [40422/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (17 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will rule out using shipping units for the accommodation of refugees and asylum seekers from the Middle East and from north Africa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (17 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the Health Service Executive scheme that was launched in July 2015, the aim of which was to recruit nurses who had been trained here to return here for employment. [40288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (17 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that 151 persons were executed in Saudi Arabia in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure funding is made available for building works at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40557/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (17 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken to increase awareness of voting registration before 25 November 2015; and if he will take additional measures to that effect. [40290/15]

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Government is taking its time.

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I too welcome people affected by the housing emergency to the Gallery. I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, who came into the Chamber recently. I hope he can stay off his phone and stop his conversation with the junior Minister for long enough to give due respect to the people here and to us. Some of the contributions from the Government side were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Summits (18 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on her participation in the Valetta summit on migration held in Malta on 11 and 12 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40813/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Summits (18 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on any bilateral meetings she had with representatives from other European states and from African states that participated in the Valetta summit on migration held in Malta on 11 and 12 November 2015. [40814/15]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the Bill in that it will bring changes to section 37 of the Employment Equality Act, which have been sought by many groups, including trade unions, teachers unions, in particular, and LGBT groups. However, the provisions in the Bill are still very inadequate. The Anti-Austerity Alliance introduced a Bill some months ago in Private Members' time to repeal section 37 and it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (19 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of video footage from a protest (details supplied) in Gorey in County Wexford which indicates excessive use of a baton by a member of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41042/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the raid on a hospital in Hebron in Palestine by Israeli security forces that resulted in the death of a Palestinian man. [41043/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the raid by Israeli security forces on a hospital in Hebron in Palestine that resulted in the death of a Palestinian man with the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41044/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when his last meeting with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, took place, prior to Mr. Robinson's resignation as First Minister. [31783/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I also welcome that events are not, as one previous speaker noted, being "played out on the streets" of Northern Ireland in the way they used to be. Unfortunately, the agreement signed in Stormont is called A Fresh Start: The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan but it is not a fresh start for the ordinary people of Northern Ireland. It is a continuation of the sectarian politics that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I am just finishing now. They will take place in education, health and justice. "Structural reform" is troika language for major cuts. These cuts and reforms will lead to services closing and benefits being cut. We have already seen how the Belfast City Hospital accident and emergency department has been closed and there is a threat to the Mater Hospital accident and emergency department...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: We need a new non-sectarian left party that will mobilise communities against these cuts and link with workers in Britain fighting the Tory cuts as well.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: What about the mass emigration and patients on trolleys?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: They are getting rid of jobs.