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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (27 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27717/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (27 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expert and scientific studies his Department has consulted in relation to its badger cull; if he will pause the cull in light of a high number of non-TB infected badgers being killed, as well as other wildlife being killed in traps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27530/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 777. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the policy that excludes adults with spinal muscular atrophy from treatments that are available to those under 18; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27628/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 681. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of Ipratropium Steri Neb (Ipramol), Salbutamol, and Atrovent; and if attempts have been made to address this, in light of the dangerous consequences for those reliant on this medication. [26993/25]

Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (22 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The title of this session is statements on a world-class education system. We must begin by saying we do get very good outcomes in many ways given Ireland is near the end or in the lower part of the OECD in terms of education spending, which is about 8% below the average. However, we would be wrong to think we have a world-class education system. We have an education system that is quite...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I am finding it hard to see how we are still here when thousands of babies died in Gaza last night while food trucks with baby formula and baby food were sitting nearby. Netanyahu has issued evacuation orders to annihilate Gaza, and his finance minister has said, "the world still hasn't stopped us". He is right. I do not want to hear about how the Government is the best in the class,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Hypocrisy, in other words.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: We are 19 months on and there is nothing.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (22 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 363. To ask the Minister for Health if an exception will be made to the criteria regarding the treatment abroad scheme for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26478/25]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025: Motion (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I also do not support the change to this scheme or the amendment proposed. Let us put this in context. Some 91% of the people who are participating in hosting refugees under this scheme have never been landlords before. It is not true that this scheme will interfere or has interfered with the housing market because nine out of ten of hosts never would have been landlords. I do not...

Biodiversity Week: Statements (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The belief that zoos are necessary to preserve rare animals and biodiversity is the only justification for maintaining them. Why would we think it is okay for some animals to suffer to maintain biodiversity? In any case, it is not true because zoos do not lead to that. I have heard the Minister of State's great credentials. I am asking him to be the first Minister of State to look into...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The Israeli finance minister stated, “We are annihilating everything that remains in the Strip”, “we are conquering, clearing and staying”, and “the world still hasn’t stopped us”. That is the Israeli finance minister admitting in plain sight that Israel is carrying out a genocide. Food trucks are sitting by with baby food and baby formula,...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The Tánaiste said global momentum is building, but what happened yesterday with the EU? Those concerned sat on their hands as this information was brought to their attention. The EU and UK are feeling the pressure because half a million people took to the streets in London and there were huge marches all over the globe. The global movement of ordinary people is the only light that...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: -----and stop the Central Bank of Ireland from processing bonds in Ireland.

Committee on Education and Youth: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The reason I chose the education committee as a top priority is because education is such a big issue in my constituency of Dublin West and nationally. Education is of huge significance in every aspect of life. I have experience of teaching in an area of what is called disadvantage and of teaching students with additional needs. As a teacher and a parent, I would like to bring this...

Committee on Education and Youth: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Everybody seemed to agree that a meeting on additional needs right now was a burning issue. What format would that take? We have already had sessions in the Dáil, and I am sure there have been in the Seanad, so there is no point in repetition. It would have to include some groups that were at the coal face of trying to get special education places. Would we discuss that? On other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the process for naturalisation applications; the duration of this process; if there are any delays to the application of a person (details supplied); to clarify how some applications can take longer than others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a progress report on reducing the waiting list for accessing children's disability network teams in Dublin west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (21 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 151. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the status of the regulations regarding alcohol labelling, which were signed into law by the previous Minister in May 2023, following an extensive notification process to the European Union and the World Trade Organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26107/25]

Assessment of Need: Motion [Private Members] (20 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I too pay tribute to Cara and her father and all the campaigners and the people who have already slept outside the Dáil this year, Families Unite for Services and Support, FUSS, Equality in Education, ASD15 and the myriad local groups that have been banging on about this issue for a long time. One thing I have learned about neurodivergent, autistic and disabled people is that they hate...