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- Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: If I may make a suggestion; I do not know why we cannot agree. If we are agreeing the Order of Business to be discussed today, and we have the agenda in front of us, we have made a proposal that Government business would become the space in which the Minister would answer questions. I do not see any other way it could be done.
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Matters have moved on since the the Business Committee met and the Minister of State, Deputy Regina Doherty, did has not taken that fact into account. That is the point.
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Because we might have to scrap them, that is why.
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I certainly would not have thought that the Government would have the effrontery to think that the Topical Issue debate was an appropriate place to deal with the biggest scandal that has emerged in recent days. The public is outraged. We are talking about a million breathalyser tests being lied about and people paying the price in terms of extra penalty points, wage deductions, etc. The...
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: That is an absolute joke.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: What is he doing?
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the establishment of a truth commission relating to institutions such as mother and baby institutions, industrial schools, county homes, and Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15207/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 59. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her discussions regarding revealing and establishing the truth concerning institutions such as Magdalen laundries and mother and baby institutions; the expected timeframe for a process for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15208/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by a school (details supplied) and in particular, the shortage of school yard space allocation; the measures he is taking to resolve it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14900/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the preparations being made for the seasonal increase in the volume of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15126/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will employ extra staff in the Passport Office in view of the expected increase in the volume of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15127/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 275. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the circumstances under which a person applying for a passport can have an application expedited; and the process in place for such cases. [15128/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (28 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport cards issued in the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans to promote this service; and his further plans to make reforms to this service. [15129/17]
- Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I thought this debate was going on until 12 noon and that the Minister might respond.
- Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It was commented on last week that we could not get a quorum to start this debate. It is very disappointing that people have slots that they did not bother filling on such a topic.
- Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: The people who asked for an extension of the debate are not here.
- Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It must be registered that this is a massive issue among the public. I have never seen such anger as I did about the revelations at Tuam. We know the allegations are not new but the fact that they have been confirmed by a Government established commission has given it an authenticity. The pioneering work of Catherine Corless has been confirmed. Will the Minister indicate when she will...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (21 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 589. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken in the diaspora policy to engage and support the Irish LGBT plus community abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12974/17]
- Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to restore the eligibility of all persons born in the island of Ireland for Irish citizenship. This Bill would reverse the changes to Irish citizenship law that were implemented in 2005 following the referendum in 2004. The Bill would give the entitlement to Irish citizenship to everyone born on the island of Ireland regardless...
- Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: First Stage (9 Mar 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."