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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Data (24 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of former local authority housing now in the private rented sector that is being subsidised through the payment of rent subsidies through RAS, HAP, RS and so on, ultimately paid to private landlords; his views on the rationality from the State's perspective of this practice; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on reports of hare coursing being an activity supported as part of a therapeutic service (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on hare coursing being supported in this way; if there are other parts of the health service giving any support to hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2633/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Research Board Funding (24 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist the funding of clinical trials for multiple sulfatase deficiency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3191/17]

Other Questions: Water Charges (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: They were giving plenty of opinions.

Other Questions: Water Charges (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The best option for the Minister is to let this go.

Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress in extending rent pressure zones to other areas. [2178/17]

Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask when the Minister will expand the rent pressure zones and why he has taken such a softly, softly approach to the whole question. Rents are rising at a faster rate in places like Kildare, Meath, Laois and other areas adjacent to Dublin, in the suburbs of Cork and in areas adjacent to Galway, Limerick and Waterford cities but the Minister has not extended the rent pressure zones...

Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister said that before Christmas and the entire nation was gobsmacked when he said that there was no data to show that rents were rising, if not rocketing, in those areas. There are countless Deputies here who can attest to that and the Minister could just look at www.daft.ieon any day to see the level of rent in those areas. I also want to ask the Minister about the rate of rent....

Other Questions: Rent Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister gives the impression that if tenants do not pay their rent, it will take years to evict them but in fact the process at the moment is that they only have to be given 28 days' notice, plus 14 days during which they are given the opportunity to pay their arrears, regardless of how small. While I accept that there can be a variety of reasons for disputes between landlords and...

Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: As a teller, under Standing Order 73(3)(b) I propose that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Deposit Protection Scheme Implementation (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for reconsidering the implementation of a deposit protection scheme under the control of the Residential Tenancies Board; the details of any lobbying from landlords regarding control of deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the information he has available of the annual cost to the Exchequer of subsidies, including tax breaks and tax exemptions, for private landlords, developers and other property owners including vulture funds, as compared to the cost of State investment in permanent State owned local authority housing; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (19 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new local authority homes that were completed by local authorities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2421/17]

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 (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I apologise for being late as there was a community event in my area I had to attend. I hope I will not repeat what others have said and will try to focus on the social housing pillar. Homelessness is an international problem and is evident in every country. A baby died on the streets in Portland, Oregon, which is in the richest country on the planet, and homelessness is at a phenomenal...

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 (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I will finish on that point. Is it this year or next year? This year seems like an absolute impossibility but is that the plan?

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 (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: How much for example would the Department give Fingal and the various councils? Everyone here is asking the same question, namely, why is there a gap between the councils and the money that the Department says is available. How much has the Department given them? We want to go back and tell them the Department says they have X million euro and ask why they are not developing those sites.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself with the processes in place to determine patronage of new schools, particularly in areas with religious and cultural diversity in the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interventions his Department makes to assist the educational needs of asylum seekers and refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2004/17]

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Well done, Minister.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Therefore, they will do nine instead of 15.