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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a waiver or reduction in fees for naturalisation in cases of long-term residents here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21060/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (15 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a waiver or reduction in fees for naturalisation in cases of pensioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21061/19]

Domestic Violence (No-contact order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (14 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Domestic Violence (No-contact order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (14 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Domestic Violence Act 2018 to provide for no-contact orders. I seek leave to introduce new legislation entitled the Domestic Violence (No-contact order) (Amendment) Bill 2019. We are seeking to introduce a new type of order that anybody can apply for, whether that is a victim of ongoing domestic violence...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to clarify what this debate is about and what it is not about. It is not about making an argument against providing rural areas with broadband. Broadband is essential and it is scandalous that people have had to wait so long for what is now vital communications technology. The question we are debating is why the Government is striking such a rotten deal for the taxpayer and such a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Regarding how this issue could be resolved in the immediate term, I agree that Cabra community college is an extremely viable option. I visited the school last week. I met the principal and was shown around, together with Rita Harrold, who is our representative in that area. I was really pleased with the principal's openness. One could see the potential for the people of Cabra to really...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: We know Educate Together and CDETB have done it before so they are well disposed to doing it again. The difference is that there is an existing building here but one that needs significant enhancement. Interestingly, the school is as sturdy and solid as the day it was built in the 1940s, unlike many buildings we see going up. It would need far more capacity and state-of-art laboratories...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: But you never did that before.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Is the Minister meeting the parents?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: A February election.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the delivery of a non-denominational co-educational second level school in the Ashtown and Dublin 7 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19843/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: My question is about the ongoing lack of a secondary school in Dublin 7 and Ashtown whereby people can choose to send their children to a school that is not segregated by gender or religion. We have a changing society but the establishment does not appear to be willing to change at the same pace. Thus there is no inclusive education at secondary level available to people in the area.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I want absolute clarity because this is a significant issue in Dublin 15 and elsewhere in the country. It will rear its head in every constituency, particularly those which are growing and have young populations. As Deputy Burton stated, there was a public meeting last week attended by almost 200 people. All of the local election candidates were in attendance. The ASD 15 campaign has very...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The programme for Government promises to provide a broadband service to the people who do not have one. Has the Thatcherite capitalist ideology seeped so far into the bones of Fine Gael that it can never countenance a situation where the State should intervene and provide basic infrastructure? It seems that it cannot think outside the private sector. Civil servants and even...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister said the Government went through every single option. Ninety percent of the cost of this would be borne by the State. This is not a rural versus urban issue, as some Deputies are trying to suggest in the local election campaign.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not in the interest of anybody in an urban area that other people do not have broadband. Rural projects will suffer and be wiped out because of this.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister and his colleagues should not start that in the campaign trail. He should answer the question as to why the State cannot do this. The champagne corks are popping in French companies-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: -----and companies all over the world in light of this deal.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It is the other 25% we are concerned about.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 May 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the need for an autism specific school in western areas of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19842/19]