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Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We promised to get rid of water charges and we did.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contact with other heads of government. [27222/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Maybe I can take an extra half a minute for Deputy Barry's question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thought the Leas-Cheann Comhairle would be liberal. I wanted to first ask the Taoiseach about his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May. The Taoiseach seemed a bit star struck in Downing Street. He quoted one of the worst films ever made.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I wonder, in between all of that, did the Taoiseach have time to ask Mrs. May what at this point is probably the biggest question on the lips of most of the population in Britain, that is, is she going to resign? I wonder if they had time to discuss the outcome of the election in Britain. Increasingly, what we saw in the election was an endorsement of left and socialist policies and I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I will just finish. The Taoiseach spoke by phone with President Macron. In terms of the populist vote, where stands the Taoiseach's Minister, who talked about one-in-eight seats being for populist parties including Jeremy Corbyn? He seemed to be including those who put principled-left positions in a populist camp, which is very unprincipled.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We stand for the complete opposite.

Ceisteanna - Questions (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: How long do we get to speak? Can we work that out now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I was at another committee meeting when they made them. The issue of short-term lettings has been raised in the Dáil on many occasions by various people. While companies such as Airbnb are having an obvious impact, I think they are becoming a convenient scapegoat to be thrown up as a reason for the housing shortage. We do not have Airbnb...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not purely a city centre issue because it affects other areas of desirability. I am not minimising it. I get irritated because I think it is raised as an issue far too frequently. I think that, in general, the use of accommodation to make money in life is awful. I would be in a minority in this Dáil in that regard. Most Deputies are in favour of such activity. I would not be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry; the Chairman probably said that earlier. I do not mean to suggest he will not be here. We will have to raise this issue with him because it is clear that the current approach is not working.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the reason contraception is not available through health insurance; if he has discussed this matter with health insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the governance arrangements of St. Vincent's hospital and the national maternity hospital following its relocation to Elm Park, Dublin in view of the recent announcement by the religious Sisters of Charity to not be directly involved in St. Vincent's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if there are standards around the time it takes to make an investigation into allegations regarding HSE employees in view of the fact that employees are often suspended from employment pending an investigation which results in time out of employment and in the case of agency workers this can result in no income (details supplied). [29194/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the regulations surrounding the student universal support grant in order that if a family's only income is from Department of Social Protection payments this will not place a student over the threshold for the special rate for disadvantaged students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26582/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on making certain courses in a college (details supplied) eligible for the free fees scheme to increase persons' employment prospects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27237/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Sign Language (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 755. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recognition of Irish sign language as an official language; if the progression of the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013 is a priority for the government; if so, the expected timeframe for its enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27266/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1002. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the HSE health protection surveillance centre's Lyme borreliosis subcommittee to issue its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1003. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings of the HSE health protection surveillance centre's Lyme borreliosis subcommittee held to date in 2017; if meetings are planned for the remainder of 2017. [28579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1275. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for assessment for autism by the early intervention teams by area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27720/17]