Results 661-680 of 2,730 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will fully reinstate the postgraduate grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the call by an organisation (details supplied) for a restoration of the student assistance fund over the next three years. [30603/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase funding for mental health services in third level colleges; and his views on the call by an organisation (details supplied) for a €3 million per annum ring-fenced budget for student counselling and supports. [30604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the provision of wheelchair accessible homes as part of council home building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30559/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (29 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the upper limit under the housing adaptation grant; his further plans to increase the means test thresholds; his views on the call by an organisation (details supplied) for the maximum to be increased from €30,000 to €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30560/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the reason contraception is not available through health insurance; if he has discussed this matter with health insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the governance arrangements of St. Vincent's hospital and the national maternity hospital following its relocation to Elm Park, Dublin in view of the recent announcement by the religious Sisters of Charity to not be directly involved in St. Vincent's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if there are standards around the time it takes to make an investigation into allegations regarding HSE employees in view of the fact that employees are often suspended from employment pending an investigation which results in time out of employment and in the case of agency workers this can result in no income (details supplied). [29194/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the regulations surrounding the student universal support grant in order that if a family's only income is from Department of Social Protection payments this will not place a student over the threshold for the special rate for disadvantaged students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26582/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on making certain courses in a college (details supplied) eligible for the free fees scheme to increase persons' employment prospects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27237/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Sign Language (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 755. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recognition of Irish sign language as an official language; if the progression of the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013 is a priority for the government; if so, the expected timeframe for its enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27266/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1002. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the HSE health protection surveillance centre's Lyme borreliosis subcommittee to issue its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1003. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings of the HSE health protection surveillance centre's Lyme borreliosis subcommittee held to date in 2017; if meetings are planned for the remainder of 2017. [28579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1275. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for assessment for autism by the early intervention teams by area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27720/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 1837. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects British Columbian licences to be exchanged for Irish licences when a person goes to live there in view of the fact that in British Columbia Irish driving licences are exchanged for British Columbian driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27167/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Constituency Commission (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 2222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the Constituency Commission's report will be published. [28018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (31 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the cost of the welfare fraud campaign his Department is engaged in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25950/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Administration (31 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 161 and 162 of 17 May 2017, if he will report on the status of maternity benefit applications and the delays there are. [25949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the way in which the occupation can be ended and the steps he is taking in this regard, in view of the 50-year anniversary of the occupation of the West Bank, Golan Heights and Gaza. [25660/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the arms deal between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; his further views on the impact of this on peace in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25657/17]