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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (2 Jul 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove charges for those with haemochromatosis attending venesection clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28169/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (2 Jul 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the amount raised in payments by those with haemochromatosis attending venesection clinics in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28170/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Projects (27 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Now that we rightly have much more stringent fire safety regulations, surely this is an issue for other community facilities and public buildings? I expect this will arise elsewhere and it will be necessary to establish a grant system to allow providers of such services to access funds to help make these buildings safer. Many of these community centres were built with prison labour and some...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Projects (27 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Can you give us one and a half minutes each, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle? It is normally four minutes for three Deputies.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Projects (27 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: This is a very important issue for the community of Hartstown in the Dublin West constituency, which has a population of more than 7,000. There is a crisis facing Hartstown community centre, which requires emergency works to be done in terms of fire exits, windows and a number of other issues. It was deemed necessary in an audit by the St. Laurence O'Toole trust, the church which owns the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Consent (27 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if the national consent policy regarding refusal of treatment in pregnancy will be revised following the thirty-sixth amendment of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27303/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the delivery of an autistic spectrum disorder-specific school serving the Dublin 7 and 15 areas. [26428/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: What is the Government doing about the bloodbath taking place in Sudan? The programme for Government refers to Ireland playing its part in the EU on conflict resolution. I have been visited by Sudanese people living in my constituency of Dublin West, which is also that of the Taoiseach, and they are extremely concerned about the rapes, torching of tents, floggings and dumping of bodies in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the delivery of a permanent home for a school (details supplied) and the delivery of temporary accommodation for the coming school year. [26427/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (25 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the extradition law proposed in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26210/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (25 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the measures used against protestors in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26211/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of the cost effectiveness of making flash glucose monitoring technology available for all persons with type 1 diabetes; if he has received a survey conducted by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26372/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (25 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 770. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a ban on ivory trading domestically and in the European Union as a measure to counter the illegal market in non-antique ivory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26209/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: With a sleight of hand, the Minister of State has tried to give the impression that the patients will be released on a phased basis. However, that will be the end of the ward. The Department is not even going to try to refurbish it if safety is really its concern. The staff member who alerted us to this is very experienced and has worked at St. Mary's for several years. As long as she has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It is from September.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The ward is being closed.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It will not be reopened.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Why not reopen the ward?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I wish to ask the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, if this is what the Fine Gael recovery is about, that 27 medical step-down and respite beds in St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park will be closed by July. Staff have been told that will happen. Essentially, the reason is cost containment, in other words, cutbacks. As Deputy Jack Chambers outlined, the patients who are...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It would be remiss if this Dáil did not mention events in Hong Kong. Is the Government monitoring the 2007 extradition agreement between Hong Kong and Ireland following the events of last week, where it is estimated that 2 million young people and workers protested on the streets of Hong Kong against extradition to China? They faced brutal repression as a result. I have been in touch...