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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I moved First Stage ages ago.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: That is a disgraceful answer. The Bill was moved many months ago. Every Deputy has received numerous emails about it, yet the Minister says that he has not seen it. It is a repeat of the Bill that he voted for in 2005. It is the exact same. I am giving the Government time, as it has 19 days left to consider the matter before we move Second Stage. Will it be a laggard on animal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Why has the Minister changed his mind since 2005?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public consultation on the draft Phoenix Park visitor experience strategic review; when the final document will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Scholarships (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a scholarship (details supplied) in the National University of Ireland, Cork, which is restricted to students of one particular religious faith; if the matter will be raised with the university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24674/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report (details supplied) and its findings. [24698/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mortality rates in emergency homeless accommodation; if the matter is being examined and assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24692/19]

Northern Ireland: Statements (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The killing of Lyra McKee in April sent a shockwave across Northern Ireland. Lyra was one the so-called ceasefire babies, promised a life free from sectarianism and violence. Instead, since the ceasefires there has been an institutionalisation of sectarianism and what a British Secretary of State termed "an acceptable level of violence". Between 2006 and 2015 there were 1,100 bombings and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: People know that property developers are not social workers and are only concerned about profit. They will go for whatever yields the most profit. Property developers are business people. They want to get the best possible return for themselves and their shareholders and that is a logic with which the Minister agrees. The Minister is leaving housing in the hands of private developers and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Student accommodation has exploded.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: While I acknowledge the Minister has been asked about this incessantly, the public is still very interested in where the Minister got the exciting concept of co-living. Just how small do the units have to be? Could the Minister comment on yesterday's very detailed evidence that the proposal would actually be a disaster for those facing a housing crisis because it would push up the price of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I am not going to spend too much time dealing with the fact that it is clear most people do not want to live in a dog box, which is what the Minister is proposing, but I ask him to comment on yesterday's revelations by Mel Reynolds, the architect and housing analyst. He made the excellent point that there are some people in Dublin getting very excited about co-living, namely, the developers....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Is the Taoiseach and his Government willing to consider amending the sexual offences legislation, given the prosecution last week of two women in Kildare? Those two sex workers were jailed for nine months for running or keeping a brothel. Solidarity submitted an amendment to that Bill to change the definition of brothel-keeping in order to decriminalise sex workers who were simply working...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary teachers who have participated in training and CPD on special educational needs since the introduction of the special education teacher allocation model in post-primary schools in September 2017; the number of additional teachers allocated under the model who have qualifications in special educational needs; his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the delivery of Spinraza for those with spinal muscular atrophy through the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23844/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 814. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on reduced rates for children and for groups of children such as siblings in public sports facilities such as the National Aquatic Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23875/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask the Taoiseach about Friday, when the country's first ever national 24-hour ambulance strike is due to take place. Originally, the strike was due to last ten hours but it will now be for 24. What contingency plans are in place? Thus far, the HSE legal team has been dealing with the legal team of the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, strikers, and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Of course there is.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The HSE engaged with the nurses.