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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (13 Jan 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 728. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the execution of 47 persons in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 2 January 2016; if he has made representations to the authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on this matter; if he supports the continuation of representation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on human rights bodies in the United Nations; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (13 Jan 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 729. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the political and diplomatic situation in the Middle East following the execution of Nimr Al-Nimr and the resulting tensions between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1098/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (13 Jan 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 537 of 15 December 2015, if she will be meeting with organisations that advocate a secular education system such as Secular Schools Ireland and with organisations that advocate an end to the patronage system when consulting regarding changes to rule 68 and section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act 2000; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (13 Jan 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to ensure that a construction company which has a number of school building contracts (details supplied) will ensure all subcontractors it employs pay all outstanding unpaid wages. [1078/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Jan 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 10 December 2015 regarding the religious criteria for admission to non-denominational schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1099/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (13 Jan 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 829. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will exempt the blood bikes Ireland scheme from motor taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46873/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: House Prices (13 Jan 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 863. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the report (details supplied) indicating an 8.5% increase in house prices in 2015 and the measures he will introduce for affordable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1103/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (13 Jan 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 957. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the concerns raised by Bird Watch Ireland regarding her decision on 23 December 2015 to allow greater flexibility in the cutting and burning of hedgerows in the months of March and August; the safeguards that will be in place for any hedgerow cutting and burning in these months; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (13 Jan 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 958. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will have research conducted into the nesting times of birds here; if she is aware that many species of birds, such as Yellowhammers which are a conservation concern, have nesting times outside the existing months where restrictions on cutting and burning hedgerows exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1126/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister does not need to tell me about the pharmaceutical industry and how it is profiteering from people. In the United States currently, one company has raised the price of an AIDS drug by 5,000%. It costs $1 dollar to produce the drug, but the cost has been increased from $13.50 to $750. That is the kind of profiteering these companies engage in. The company that makes Orkambi...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Hear, hear.

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: "Can someone please tell me why my life and the lives of CF patients in Ireland have a price tag on them?" That question was asked by Jillian McNulty, who has written to the pharmaceutical authorities in Ireland describing how her life was transformed while partaking in a trial of Orkambi over two years and how her condition has gone backwards and deteriorated since the trial ended. As we...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to raise the same issue. I have received a considerable amount of correspondence about this part of the legislation. I spoke earlier to the legislation before it went to the Seanad. However, this issue has only arisen because of the change made latterly by the Government. Groups such as the Centre for Disability Law and Policy in NUI Galway, the National Disability Authority,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Death Penalty (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been sentenced to death by Kenyan authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving a social protection payment, and the type of payment, in County Westmeath, in tabular form. [46227/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving a social protection payment, and the type of payment, in County Longford, in tabular form. [46228/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the income that is deductible for taxation purposes from rent on a property which has a mortgage loan on it and where the property owner owns no other property and is not deriving a net income from the rent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45847/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 399. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the urgency of commissioning a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland report, into sexual abuse incidences, given than the previous report was 13 years ago and given the need to accurately target resources based on properly researched data [46222/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 466. To ask the Minister for Health the decisions he has made regarding the funding of Orkambi, a medicine that according to reports has improved the lives and conditions of cystic fibrosis sufferers; if he will ensure sufferers can access it through the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46229/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (17 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 652. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the climate change talks in Paris in France; his plans for a climate change plan in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46226/15]