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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the pre-budget forum held on 3 July 2015 if she will reverse the recent changes made to the one-parent family payment. [28149/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the pre-budget forum held on 3 July 2015 if she will increase rent supplement levels to address homelessness. [28150/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the "No" vote in the Greek referendum held on 5 July 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 133. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given the study by the living wage technical group identifying €11.50 to be a living wage, the steps he will take to increase the minimum wage from the current rate which is below this level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28159/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: One-Parent Family Payments (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the recent changes to the one-parent family payment, if he will report on work being done to deliver affordable childcare for all parents. [28151/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the Health Information and Quality Authority report on services operated by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in Fingal County; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28152/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Family Services (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 165. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on measures being taken to provide for an adequate number of social workers in Fingal County. [28153/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Family Services (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on diversity training for social workers in Fingal County. [28154/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Family Services (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases that are not allocated to a social worker in Fingal County. [28155/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken in cases of non-compliance with regulations at nursing homes, as reported in a Heath Information and Quality Authority report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Greek Referendum Result (9 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the "No" vote in the Greek referendum held on 5 July 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28158/15]

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: We have said it all already. I want to take up one issue. The Minister of State has said that this leasing package needs to be introduced to get rid of the cash or the land in lieu elsewhere. I would rather the cash or the land in lieu than the leasing of houses. I think everybody else would share that preference. It has been suggested that this approach has to be taken in order to...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I am not.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: We have argued about this all evening but this marks a huge change in social housing policy in the State. Previously, local authorities or housing agencies were funded to build and provide social and affordable housing, whereas now the priority is that developers and landlords will be funded by the taxpayer. Rather than being able to buy houses, councils will be forced to lease them from...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I cannot help that.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I will touch on a few things the Minister of State said. He claimed he was as much in touch on the housing issue as those on this side of the House and that he was from the same type of background. That is not true of the Dáil. The Dáil is not in any way representative of working class people. Approximately 27% of Deputies are landlords, which is not the case in wider society....

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It was the Minister of State who spoke on these topics. We have had this debate before and we have argued that the Government's continued reliance on private landlords and the private rented sector will not deal with the housing crisis. We have made the argument many times before and I do not see much point in labouring it, but it will become evident very quickly to the electorate. The...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: What projects is he talking about? If there are projects we do not know about, we would love to hear about them.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Where are they?

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It is incredible that as we face the greatest housing emergency in the history of the State, the single useful measure that was introduced by the former, pro-development Fianna Fáil-Green Party regime is being amended by this Government. It is just unbelievable that the social and affordable housing quota is being reduced from 20% to 10%. When this change was originally thrown out into...