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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I am open to the idea of a commission but people are concerned that it will just be another quango. How would such an entity impact on current council staff? We do not, for example, want people to lose their jobs. Neither do we want to see the maintenance of the electoral register or other electoral commission functions being privatised. I would baulk at the idea that judges must...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Services (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has studied the impact of likely competitive pressures on An Post, arising from the Postal Services Amendment Bill 2015, from the point of view of jobs and conditions of work. [23130/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Post Office Network (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to revise her Department's prioritising of the use of bank accounts for electronic payments over post office accounts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23181/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Parliamentary Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will conduct a study on the number of staff hours in her Department that are spent on requesting Members of Dáil Éireann to withdraw parliamentary questions. [23205/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Conditions (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a report (details supplied) by the Young Workers Network, and especially the finding that 90% of those under 35 years of age struggle, due to low pay and zero hour contracts. [23326/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 536. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the Amnesty International report on the criminalisation of abortion here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23310/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 564. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that units (details supplied) at Connolly Hospital in Dublin 15 will remain open, and that existing places for residents will remain secure, until the new unit is open. [23182/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department has taken to ensure that the over 480,000 patients who are on a waiting list across the State's hospitals awaiting treatment receive such treatment as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23311/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 593. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will act on the National Positive Ageing Strategy 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23312/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 673. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the use of excessive police force against young persons and minority groups (details supplied) in McKinney, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, with the authorities in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23200/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (16 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 803. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following the extension of the scheme to support national organisations funding for another year, his plans to put in place sustainable funding beyond June 2016 for the organisations in question. [23845/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (11 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the reported increase in family homelessness in the Dublin area; the measure his Department has taken to tackle it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22335/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assistance she will provide in respect of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which faces homelessness due to rent supplement limits being lower than the market rates. [22782/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of wheelchair policy in order to greatly improve the quality of the service. [22729/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the research by a person (details supplied) on wheelchair provision and maintenance; if his Department will be implementing changes to policy regarding the provision and maintenance of wheelchairs in order to address the concerns raised in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22730/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow who have been experiencing difficulties in securing adequate wheelchair resources from the Health Service Executive; and the steps he will take to ensure that their needs are met. [22733/15]

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I do not know if the Minister does any political reading but obviously in the Dáil, there is not a high level of debate. Outside this Chamber there is a great deal of political writing. I recently visited America where Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize winner, has been writing about a corporatecoup d’état, a global corporate takeover of society whereby what he calls the...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Is the Ceann Comhairle not meant to ask people to answer the questions?

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Irish Water will not fix the lead pipes.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (10 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the position of religious orders in the provision of education in view of the strong support for marriage equality for same-sex couples in the recent referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22024/15]