Results 381-400 of 6,846 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 517. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider a review of work permit policies to facilitate skilled workers from the United States who may be leaving due to cuts to state research and other policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11049/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school place for a chid (details supplied); the reasons for the delay in finding them an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11203/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 1096. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant a performance visa to a person (details supplied) in light of his active support and involvement in the Israeli attacks on Gaza; if his Department will grant visas for those directly involved in Israeli armed forces in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10729/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 1103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review concerns with the naturalisation portal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10968/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 1154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the in-camera rule in family law in light of the issues around accountability raised by survivors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11679/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 1230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of costs in relation to the money given to two care home providers (details supplied) for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 1241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider implementing a ban on transporting domestic animals in car boots that are closed and have no light or windows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10727/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 1499. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to increase the number of public inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10717/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 1873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who are funded by the HSE to avail of treatment for eating disorders in private facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (19 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 1874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations of people with an eating disorder were recorded in the past decade, per annum. [12593/25]

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: It does seem like a bit of a pointless exercise, to be frank, to be making statements into the void but how and ever, we shall plough on. In regard to International Women's Day, far from the flowers and candy, in Italy there will be a general strike to coincide with International Women's Day, involving transport, education, healthcare and other workers. In Argentina, tens of thousands will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (6 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 454. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the Civil Registration Service online appointment booking system requests that interpreters be present for any language other than English, despite the official status of the Irish language; if she will confirm that appointments can be conducted in Irish without interpretation; if she will confirm that Irish sign language will be fully...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (6 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the criteria for determining if a person applying for marriage has a sufficient level of English or Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10513/25]

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I will first register that we are again here, months after the general election, to make statements. We need to move on. The Government is complaining about a lack of Dáil business. We are making statements into a void and nothing will actually happen afterwards. I live in a working class community where crime is an issue and I represent many communities where it is an issue....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage further with an institute (details supplied) to ensure that courses funded under the free fees' initiative and therefore eligible for the €1,000 reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9916/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (4 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: It has been a year since the fateful referendum on disability, where disabled people chose to organise against that referendum to bring home the State's responsibility. What has the Taoiseach done in that year? I will just mention my own local area because of time constraints. Danu special school, the only special school in all of Dublin West, promised places to students for September...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: And on St. Patrick’s day?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (4 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 15. To ask the Taoiseach the way the new disability unit within his Department will function. [7941/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the impact on wellness of an increased militaristic policy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Militaristic policy. It is proposed that Ireland's budget for military spending will eventually increase from €1.3 billion to €3 billion. The decision to drop the triple lock is coming at the expense of people on lower incomes, education, disability, housing, refuges for domestic violence, etc. Earlier, the Taoiseach bemoaned that we are living in a world that is becoming...