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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the main differences in the way in which local authorities and approved housing bodies select or approve tenants; the legal basis for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17033/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (5 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 17 January 2017, the details of the 4,698 AHB new build units to be completed under the Rebuilding Ireland plan, showing the number of new build units to be completed by each AHB by 2021, in tabular form. [17034/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (5 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of first, second and third time HAP, housing assistance payment, tenancies set up each year since the scheme was introduced in tabular form; the number of first HAP tenancies still in place; and the average tenancy length to date of HAP tenancies. [17035/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister, Deputy Ross, has come a long way from when he was on this side of the House ranting and raving. Some people were fooled by the label "Independent" in that they actually thought that he was independent. This is a wish fulfilment for the Minister. According to Michael O'Leary, the Minister is playing a blinder. However, he has an ideological opposition to public services and...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the bus workers from Bus Éireann who are in the Gallery. It is welcome that talks have been announced in the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, tomorrow. It is also very welcome that the workers are maintaining the pickets while those talks take place. Those talks will be absolutely fruitless unless three things happen: first, the Minister, Deputy Ross, increases the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Branch Closures (4 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions he has had with a bank (details supplied) recently. [16417/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (4 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision in 2012 to remove gluten-free products from the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16125/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Transplant Services (4 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expand the availability of organ transplant services for children here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16347/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (4 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase the level of organ donation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16348/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (4 Apr 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 536. To ask the Minister for Health his views on opt-out basis as opposed to opt-in basis for organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16349/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: My question is on Pillar 3 and the number of houses being built, especially for social housing. The final figure for new build housing last year was released. The number was 652. This was evenly split between the housing bodies and local authorities. However, when we exclude regeneration, which is simply replacing pre-existing stock that was social housing stock at one point, only 253 new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: What is the largest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: They are getting land for free.

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Solidarity - People Before Profit Deputies pushed for this debate to be put on the agenda and it has been difficult to reach agreement. The Taoiseach justified visiting a racist, sexist American President and offering him the hand of friendship - I do not know why the Minister of State is making a face - on the grounds that he would make a case about immigration and the illegal, undocumented...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the remedy there will be for 14,700 persons wrongly convicted of road traffic offences due to errors in Garda records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15753/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (30 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the implementation of the provisions of the International Protection Act 2015; if she is satisfied that asylum seekers are gaining access to sufficient legal advice and translation services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15752/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (30 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will change the regulations so persons applying for jobseeker's benefit payments will be assessed on the most recent complete tax year, in order to end the inequity of contributions made by employees in the previous year not being taken into account when calculating jobseeker's benefit, for example, the relevant tax year for jobseeker's...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Solidarity welcomes the opportunity to discuss the delivery of the new children's hospital and how best to deliver quality health care for children. We have serious misgivings about the cost of the new hospital. As the motion outlines, there has been an increase in the cost from €404 million in 2012 to approximately €1 billion in 2017. We are told that much of the added cost...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: When will the judicial council Bill be brought before the Dáil? Will it deal with what I believe to be a sinister development? The Director of Public Prosecutions has sent a letter to defendants who are facing trial in April in respect of events in Jobstown. She has asked them not to participate in an event at Liberty Hall on Saturday which has been widely advertised and which will be...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: This is the most political trial of the decade.