Results 6,121-6,140 of 6,647 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (22 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent legislation in Spain curtailing the right to protest. [2663/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the enforcement of the requirement for drivers to have a valid national car test certificate in view of the current waiting period for the NCT test. [3108/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 554 of 16 December 2014, her views on the way in which explanatory notes are recorded on the junior and leaving certificates (details supplied); her further views that this should be changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3135/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure building work on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 commences soon so that first year students may enrol in the school in September 2016. [3139/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (22 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the waiting times for the national car test; and the steps being taken to remedy the current situation. [3107/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (22 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxis that received funding from the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant run by the National Transport Authority in 2014; and his views of having another such scheme in 2015. [3140/15]

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It will be two minutes for each of us. I extend my full support and that of the Anti-Austerity Alliance to the teachers, who are facing into strike action tomorrow. I am a member of the ASTI. I do not know if I am the only ASTI member in the Dáil who supports the teachers, but I am not the only ASTI member. In the short time I have, I want to put this strike in context. Teachers...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome to the Gallery any of the families or relatives of survivors of any of these homes. I must start on a negative note. It is a bad sign that the Government saw fit to cut the debate today by an hour and a half. It is not showing sufficient seriousness and I must state the Government benches are not showing sufficient seriousness regarding this matter either. This is part of a...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: They do not want their teachers to assess them.

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 6. To ask the Minister for Health the total legal costs incurred by the Health Service Executive and the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in December 2014; and the total medical costs, including staffing, drug and technological costs incurred by the HSE and hospitals in the case [2387/15]

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask about the cost to the HSE or State in general arising from legal and medical fees in the tragic case of a clinically dead pregnant woman who was kept on life support for 23 days against the wishes of her family and next of kin. What has been the cost of this horrific case arising from the eighth amendment and involving the taking of unwanted intervention at a time when a health...

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I also conveyed my sympathies to the family when I raised this issue in the Dáil. I believe it was the only time it was raised. Nobody has mentioned the names of those in question, and nobody knows their names; that is fine but it should not be used as a gag against public representatives raising legitimate questions. Dr. Peter Boylan called what happened in the tragic case...

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: We have embarrassed ourselves again in front of the world with this case. How many more of these cases are we to have?

Other Questions: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It is legitimate to ask how much was spent by the State in defending what is now an absolutely disgraceful and medieval law, which has proven that women are considered to be incubators. High Court cases cost a lot of money; I know that. Having legal representation supplied to the both the unborn and deceased woman was bizarre. The Minister is unable to provide information now. Will there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a report on the decision of a hospital to seek delivery of a 15-week foetus of a brain dead woman kept alive for 23 days in December 2014. [2388/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 14 January 2015, if she will provide the information on the appeal processing times for rent supplement in 2014. [2892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there is no provision for archaeological research to take place within the remit of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters. [2182/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Magdalen laundries are not included in the Commission of investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters. [2183/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Data (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are married to, or in civil partnerships with, Irish citizens who were not granted family reunification visas in the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive. [2228/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Data (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are married to, or in civil partnerships with, Irish citizens who were granted family reunification visas in the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive. [2229/15]