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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It received loads of taxpayers' money.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Why would it not be appropriate?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: There is for the hares.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (10 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 73. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce an extra weighting when allocating resources to general practitioners to take into account the additional demand on services in deprived communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41360/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (10 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lower health outcomes in deprived areas; if extra resources will be given to these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41361/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: There is a very well-worn formula whereby the Minister for Finance makes a long budget speech with lots of pomp and ceremony and fanfare and the next day the Opposition goes meticulously through the budget measures etc. Hours of Dáil debate have been dedicated to the budget to give the impression that something significant has happened. What really has happened? Hundreds of thousands...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the catchment area for a school (details supplied) will be extended into the Ashtown and Navan Road area to cater for those seeking co-educational school options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41204/19]

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It is a bit late in the day.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (8 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 219. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the introduction of safe access zones around facilities that provide for the termination of pregnancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40639/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (3 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with senior executives of a bank (details supplied) recently; if he has meetings scheduled; if he has raised the issue of job losses with the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40190/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on the Environment is due to meet. [37534/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I am glad the Taoiseach thinks it is a good idea and has accepted that it will be needed because the issue will arise in community centres around the country. It is not possible for all of them to contact Deputies, get involved in individual fundraising and draw down individual amounts of funds. Significant amounts of money are involved. Each centre needs €120,000. As I said,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that fire safety should be an absolute priority, particularly in all buildings used by the public and by children. Representatives of the community centres in Huntstown and Hartstown in Dublin 15 have written to politicians because considerable sums of money are needed for fire safety works if these invaluable centres are to remain open. Childcare, bingo,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Vice President of the United States of America. [37533/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on placing the time for religious faith formation outside of core school hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39974/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (1 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39973/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the closure of a company (details supplied) in Ballymena, County Antrim, and the possible impact this will have on the supply of buses for public transport here. [39975/19]

Report on Relationships and Sexuality Education: Motion (26 Sep 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills report on relationships and sexuality education. The report comes after a process of events and where RSE was highlighted by consent marches and protests which took place after some high-profile sexual assault and rape trials. The passing of the marriage equality referendum several years ago brought...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: We will be meeting the Minister later about the issues we raised last week, when we lifted the lid on the prevalence of sex for rent in the housing crisis. I wish to put on the Dáil record that we have had many more disclosures. In particular, three women in the housing assistance payment, HAP, sector have contacted me about their situations. It is clear that when we have predominantly...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 Sep 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 26 March 2019, if Ireland will be represented at the fifth intergovernmental conference of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights which takes place in October 2019 in Geneva; his views on a treaty...