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Other Questions: Housing Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the affordable purchase scheme; his views on using public land for public housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4570/18]

Other Questions: Home Loan Scheme (31 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the estimated number of mortgage loans to be availed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4571/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Youth Strategy (31 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a directive will issue to schools regarding the facilitation of transgender pupils in the education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4925/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (31 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 26 July 2017, if he will report on the progress on resolving issues related to the repatriation of prisoners; his plans for resolving this matter in view of the impact on the welfare of prisoners and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4795/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (31 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 5 December 2017, the status of the delivery of a footbridge between the Ashington area and Pelletstown in order to facilitate access to the new Broombridge Luas station for pedestrians in the wider Navan road area. [4926/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of Hungary. [1789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Legislation (30 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 149 to 151, inclusive, of 14 November 2017, if he has received further clarity from the bodies involved regarding possible religious discrimination in a job interview. [4602/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Question Heading for question(s) 578 (30 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of gender recognition certificates issued in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. [3961/18]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle has discretion.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: They had better be good.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I have a few concerns on this matter. Everybody wants to see this being done in circumstances where commercial units can be brought into use for families and individuals. No one wants to delay the process but it is right that there should be some debate because what is proposed is that, until the end of 2021, vacant commercial units can become residential units without being subjected to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I urge the Government to stick with the recommendation of the Oireachtas committee of simple repeal. It could flounder us in massive delays on this issue.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We did not support it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: My question is on promised legislation on repeal and a referendum on the issue of the eighth amendment. I know the Government is getting legal advice and I want to remind it that the committee I took part in, which weighed up evidence not just over weeks but months, had its own legal adviser who outlined six options for dealing with the issue. There was no support at the committee for an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I refer to pillar 4, which is the rental sector. Paragraph 4.1 says the Government will develop a rental strategy. With the homeless figures showing no sign of abating and the private rented sector being the place where people generally become homeless, the Minister will agree that this is urgent. Rebuilding Ireland says the Minister will deal with the issue of tenants in situwhere there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: A briefing on HAP was sent to us in advance. Given that this is such a significant part of the Government's social housing strategy, how concerned is the Minister about the rate of rent being paid in local authority areas? When I was reading through the briefing, I noticed that the top rents under HAP are paid in Fingal and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown where the average monthly payment by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: If they left the market, those houses would then be sold. The houses do not disappear. This is constantly used-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I would have raised that issue if I had known that we could-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Are we going to get a chance to raise it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: To clarify, obviously everyone wants to ask questions.