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Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Inspections (6 May 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 304. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Health Information and Quality Authority report on Saint Anne's Care Facility in County Tipperary; the measures he will take to ensure there are improvements made in that facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17359/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Inspections (6 May 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 305. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that two out of 60 disability care homes passed recent inspections by the Health Information and Quality Authority; and the measures he will take to improve the standards in disability care homes. [17360/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (6 May 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 306. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the implementation of recommendations in the Health Service Executive's 2011 report Time to Move On from Congregated Settings: a Strategy for Community Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17361/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (6 May 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17760/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Historical Conflicts (6 May 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent remarks by other European Union states, his views on whether the 1915 killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire was genocide. [17251/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (6 May 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make regulations for a tenant purchase scheme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17362/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (30 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 157. To ask the Minister for Health his views on governance issues at the St. Vincent's Hospital group raised by the chief executive of the Health Service Executive on 23 April 2015 (details supplied). [17083/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Debt Cancellation (30 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will participate in the United Nations committee on sovereign debt restructuring; if he will report on his discussions, and those of the ambassador to the United Nations, held with other states regarding the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17082/15]

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: They were built with cheap labour by companies like Rhatigans.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Government turned a blind eye to the use of cheap labour.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: There is no social housing being built now. More was built by Fianna Fáil than by this Government.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Does the Minister of State feel embarrassed about the fiasco Deputies have witnessed today? At one point, we had a Minister speaking to an empty Chamber. A three-day debate has been arranged to discuss the Government's Spring Economic Statement. In the time I have spent in this House, which is almost a year, the Government has not provided even a half a day to discuss the housing crisis or...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Very importantly, he will also call for a "Yes" vote in the referendum on marriage equality on the same day, and for a progressive society in general. I note that the Government parties are saying nothing but "Yes"; it is as if they are afraid to say anything more. Conor will champion the idea of a break with the past and a repeal of the eighth amendment of the Constitution as well.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I too am happy with the moving of the writ for the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election and to support the Anti-Austerity Alliance candidate, Conor Mac Liam. He will be a fitting replacement and a total contrast to the man whose seat he will be filling, a man who was rewarded and backslapped amazingly by the Labour Party here today, leaving the water charges, the household charge and the property tax...

Other Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the industrial action proposed by the trade unions, if the Government will continue to support the privatisation of 10% of Dublin Bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16502/15]

Other Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Will the Minister and Government will press ahead with the policy of beginning to privatise Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, which is forcing thousands of workers to forgo wages this Friday, May Day, International Workers' Day, by taking industrial action to protect the public ownership of the transport system and their own pay and conditions? Will the Minister pursue the policy of...

Other Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I will answer the Minister's question. It is because workers are not stupid. While the Minister has given a commitment that he will not transfer existing workers into any privatised company, the public service obligation ends in 2019, only four years away, and they know all bets will be off then. Any new element of the company that would be privatised would be used to drive down pay and...

Other Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Again, I ask the Minister to listen. I just explained why the workers do not accept the Minister's reassurance. The public service obligation will end in 2019 and all bets will be off. This is a stealth process. Of course the Government is not going to privatise 100% of the transport system in one fell swoop. It will begin with 10% and take a softly softly approach. The workers are...

Other Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister did it too late.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sale of Aer Lingus (29 Apr 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed sale of the Government's stake in Aer Lingus; and if he will report on the advice received from the review group on a possible sale. [16501/15]