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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (6 Mar 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on amending the Education Act 1998 to allow for the implementation of a relationships and sexuality education syllabus independent of school ethos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10865/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (6 Mar 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents and students over 18 years of age can opt out of the NCCA religious education syllabus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10866/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Why then is the Taoiseach not doing it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The Government missed all the targets.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Did the Taoiseach not hear the news this morning? All of the targets were missed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Cut emissions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Brilliant.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: They can stay in their cars.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the time.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It has been 22 minutes now.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The fact that the Dáil is spending an entire week discussing the issue of provisions to deal with Brexit with other business pushed off the agenda is something that should be commented upon. Naturally, there are genuine fears among workers about their jobs and the economic consequences of Brexit. There are also genuine fears about the Border and people's national rights but would this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Philomena Canning is an independent midwife. Unfortunately, she is dying. She has a terminal diagnosis. Will the Taoiseach intervene with the HSE and Minister for Health to ensure a settlement is quickly made with Philomena? She has been battling with the HSE ever since she was suspended from her position in 2014. That case has been drawn out. Now Philomena's life is nearing a close and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (26 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Youthreach coordinators in the City of Dublin Education and Training Board who have received payments above their annual salaries and qualification allowances since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9081/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (26 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Youthreach coordinators in the City of Dublin Education and Training Board who received payments above €40,000 in addition to their annual salary and qualification allowances in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9082/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (26 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when voter registration forms will be amended to allow for United Kingdom citizens who hold citizenship of a European Union member state to be able to register as Dáil Éireann and European Parliament voters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9212/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It is three years though.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: You did. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael did.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: -----and why it varied from hospital to hospital. The women also asked why a 28-day rule had been introduced. It is difficult for doctors to live by and was never part of the referendum conversation. Does the Taoiseach agree that conservative Catholic control of hospitals and a very narrow law with criminalisation are having a chilling effect and forcing such women to travel abroad?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: No.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It was reported in The Irish Timesthat last April at a Fine Gael Party conference Susan and Tim Corcoran had spoken about their struggle with an Edwards syndrome diagnosis. There is no guarantee they will be able to have an abortion in this country, despite the new law. That is my point. The Taoiseach has not bothered to comment on the problems women are encountering in reality in our...