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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Advancing the Low-Carbon Transition in Irish Transport: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I agree absolutely.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Conditions (18 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 399. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 833 of 26 March 2019, if he will report on the consideration of the report of the working group on the model of care for lymphoedema and lipoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25255/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (18 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of mink skins (details supplied) exported in each of the years 2014 to 2018. [25203/19]

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

Ruth Coppinger: Veterinary Ireland has stated that mink on fur farms do not have a life worth living in any way. As solitary, wild and semi-aquatic creatures, packing mink into metal cages in groups is alien and unnatural. For that reason, Veterinary Ireland asserts that it is impossible to regulate the fur trade and somehow make it kinder because it is not farming at all. The mink are gassed at six...

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]