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Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: He does not know what committee. Everybody has asked this question -----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: He does not know, he said.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: He thinks or there will be?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Is it a case of balancing it up? It is usually the people who ask the questions who are prioritised.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the convening of the Citizens Assembly. [27085/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the convening of the Citizens Assembly which will discuss a number of proposed Constitutional Changes. [28716/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: That was a very short and scant-in-detail report on the Citizens Assembly. It seems that the Taoiseach is determined to go ahead with this charade. The word on the street is that it is a delaying tactic, a Craggy Island solution to a problem. It flies in the face of polls. The Taoiseach always eschews polls, yet the Government is using a polling company to pick 99 people. All of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the Union of Students in Ireland survey (details supplied) showing 87% of students feared leaving third level education due to the cost of education, he will implement policies to reduce the cost of education for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28387/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the expert group on future funding for higher education chaired by a person (details supplied); if he will rule out the imposition of a student loan scheme and tuition fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on discussions with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland in view of the ballot for industrial action due to issues with terms and conditions, the Lansdowne Road agreement and Croke Park hours. [28383/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he has advanced to solve the child homelessness crisis. [23027/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Data (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have raised concerns regarding the welfare of children and other vulnerable persons in Calais with the French and European Union authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28568/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 394. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the draft Implementation Plan for the National Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy in view of the concerns raised by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28213/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Oct 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 598. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she is taking to increase employment in the Travelling community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28175/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: This is not just about children in prefabs. It is also about the substandard conditions in which children and staff are learning and working. The accommodation is dark, damp and mouldy and completely unsuitable. These are the worst conditions in which I have ever seen children being taught. It is absolutely intolerable. We are told there has been a recovery in the economy. Why can more...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The issue of St. Mochta's school will be the subject of what I anticipate will be an extremely large public meeting in Clonsilla tonight. This is now one of the biggest issues in Dublin 15, which, as the Minister knows, is a vast and growing area. I know the Minister is meeting members of the school management and I hope the news is good in anticipation of that meeting. This was a ten-year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further education, FE, teacher training students are undertaking a qualification required to teach in FE colleges after 1 April 2013, Teaching Council regulation 5, generally have pre-existing level 8 and level 9 qualifications; if he will review the regulations for the student grant to allow these students to avail of financial supports;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (29 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 205. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the call by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland to increase home care funding for those with dementia by €67 million in 2017; if he will increase funding for home care for those with dementia to provide support for them and their families and to avoid persons entering residential care where not appropriate; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (28 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the commissioning of another report so that there is an accurate picture of the current position of sexual abuse and violence and domestic violence given it has been more than 14 years since the Sexual Assault and Violence in Ireland, SAVI, report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27436/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (28 Sep 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: My question relates to the commissioning of another SAVI, Sexual Assault and Violence in Ireland, report. It is 14 years since the previous one was done. It was considered landmark research at the time and was carried out by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Rape Crisis Centre in conjunction with two Departments. We now need to update the position and find out if there has...