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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 620. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs given the recent announced changes to the early childhood care and education scheme (details supplied), if he will revise the age criteria for those who turned three years of age in July or August 2015. [37380/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 784. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Health Service Executive on a full-time equivalent basis in each of the years 2007 to 2014, and in 2015 to date. [38026/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 818. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in place to ensure the quality of training received by service dogs to assist people living with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38139/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 819. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of complaints against a service dog training company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38140/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the State support available to children and adults living with disabilities, whose doctors recommend the use of a service dog to improve their quality of life, or to increase their independence. [38141/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 852. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of specialist feed for new-born children in maternity and paediatric hospitals at weekends and bank holidays; the steps that are being taken to resolve the supply problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38353/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 874. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on increasing the overseas aid budget; if this will be raised to the 0.7% target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37433/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the requirement for further education teachers to have teaching qualifications to teach in a further education college, if she will revise the Student Universal Support Ireland grant rules on progression to cater for students undertaking courses at level 8, for the purposes of becoming further education teachers, when they have a level 9...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 1192. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the national Famine commemoration will take place in 2016. [37770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 1193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on having the annual national Famine commemoration on the same day each year. [37771/15]

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 3 o’clock I am very glad to have the opportunity to speak on the issue of electoral amendment. However, I am surprised that the three changes proposed are so minimal in the context of what needs to be done to make the electoral system more representative and democratic. The Bill deals with three matters in respect of the upcoming Dáil and Seanad general elections. A minor...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 63. To ask the Minister for Health his views on current waiting list times for speech and language therapy, given that Health Service Executive reports that the number of applications for assessments has been rising year on year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36666/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 82. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland's guidance in relation to the supply of emergency contraception, NorLevo and ellaOne, that pharmacists may refuse to dispense the drug if it lies in contradiction with their moral beliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36665/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase their rate of pay of student nurses, given the valuable work they carry out in patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37068/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to retain newly qualified nurses in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37069/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the border fence the Republic of Hungary has erected; if he or his Department have discussed the matter with the Hungarian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37063/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any discussions held with European Union counterparts regarding the situation in occupied Palestine. [37064/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have had any contact with the Israeli embassy or with the Israeli authorities regarding the current situation in the occupied Palestine. [37065/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have raised with the Iranian Embassy or with the Iranian authorities the cases of persons (details supplied) who were executed despite being children when the alleged offences took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37066/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Oct 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work of his Department and its embassies in raising the criminalisation of same-sex sexual relations in states where it is currently prohibited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37067/15]