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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]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1837. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects British Columbian licences to be exchanged for Irish licences when a person goes to live there in view of the fact that in British Columbia Irish driving licences are exchanged for British Columbian driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27167/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Constituency Commission (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 2222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the Constituency Commission's report will be published. [28018/17]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sharing time with Deputy Mick Barry. Deputy Varadkar will not be surprised that Solidarity-People Before Profit cannot support his nomination today.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Deputy Varadkar made a confession in this House during a debate on the exorbitant prices charged by drug companies. He said that dealing with some of these companies would bring out whatever socialist instinct may be buried within him. No one really believed Bertie Ahern was a socialist. However, maybe when Deputy Varadkar gets into the top job he will see how corrupt, unfair and rotten...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Solidarity-People Before Profit recognises the significance of having a Taoiseach who is a gay man with an Indian background. That is a massively positive comment on the changing social attitudes in Ireland that have allowed that to come about. We saw that in the marriage equality referendum which was driven by young people and resoundingly endorsed in working class communities. Deputy...

Resignation of Taoiseach (13 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: With the legacy of the Taoiseach-----

Resignation of Taoiseach (13 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Thank you a Cheann Comhairle, I will bear that in mind. I am going on the information we have and I am generalising. As I said, a judge adjudicated on the case. The Taoiseach is going and I hope the reactionary policies are going with him. I hope the backwardness that was visited on young people in this country for so many decades will also go. The Taoiseach has had his time. Hopefully,...

Resignation of Taoiseach (13 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Honesty in politics is important and so I will not engage in fake backslapping. I congratulate the Taoiseach on writing his own speech, which I believe he did. I was a bit bemused at him mentioning Michael Davitt, a revolutionary and socialist, but we will leave that aside. In summing up the Taoiseach's legacy, I could focus on six years of unprecedented austerity suffered by the many to...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (1 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome to the Visitors Gallery people who are directly affected by this ongoing scandal of the so-called mother and baby homes. It is a term that we should start changing, because they were not homes and they were not centred around the mother and the baby. We really need to change the whole language around this issue. Everything about the way the State handles this issue is to avoid,...