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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take to demonstrate opposition to the killing of Palestinians at the Gaza border on 14 May 2018; and if he will report on his contact with the Israeli authorities on this matter. [22038/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (16 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 159. To ask the Minister for Health when he or his predecessor's attention was drawn to the problems with CervicalCheck false negative results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21700/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (16 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if he or one of his predecessors were informed of the media strategy for reporting on the number of false negative cervical checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21701/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (16 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to the prospect of legal action from laboratories that are involved in CervicalCheck; when his attention was drawn to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21702/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Data (16 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to the different levels of detection rates in the three different laboratories performing CervicalCheck; if an investigation was done into possible causes for the differences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21703/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Data (16 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the level of detection rates for cervical checks in the different laboratories performing same in each of the years 2008 to 2017 inclusive. [21704/18]

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 1:To insert the following after “performance of their duties.”“— cease the policy of outsourcing and tendering for this programme; — repatriate the screening programme to Ireland under the control of publicly funded not-for-profit laboratories; — fund all costs necessary to retest any woman affected, and ensure that women whose...

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I have only four minutes but it is completely insufficient for the points which I want to raise. A substantial number of memos were sent around from the Minister's office. Over seven months, these memos record that the issue of non-disclosure to victims was discussed in several meetings by dozens of people. We are meant to believe that the previous Minister for Health, now the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (15 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the timing of citizenship ceremonies will be examined in cases in which a ceremony takes place after the deadline for the supplementary register; if other options will be made available for persons wishing to take their oath of affirmation prior to the deadline in view of the inability of new citizens to update their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Grant Eligibility (15 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will change the in loco parentis rule for respite care (details supplied) in order that care givers can have effective respite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21041/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (15 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to bring forward reform in order that persons that are naturalised after the deadline for inclusion in the supplementary register but before polling day can exercise their right to vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20910/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It is a pity that we cannot ask questions of Mr. O'Brien. I was at the meeting of the committee last week and wished to pursue something he stated there. Perhaps one of the other representatives present can answer my query. Many people are talking about the plaque on the office wall at the HSE which is intended to send out a great message to the masses who work for it. As regards speaking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Maybe I will just finish on this. Quest Diagnostics diagnosed low-grade abnormalities at 4% in 2013, while the Coombe was finding 11.8% and Medlab was finding 10.7%. Now, how would that be explained? Is the same categorisation of lower-grade and higher-grade abnormalities used? I think this is important for people who have been diagnosed. The last question is this. Will the document...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Are money or legal issues involved if he has to go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: People are wondering that, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: One probably takes a minute or something like that. There is no way 20 minutes are being spent on each of those.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister should know that the woman I met has not been contacted by anybody since this began. She does not know if she is one of the 209 or not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It is in your opinion, but not in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The Senator's is one view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It is getting very late and I am sure the people from the Health Service Executive, HSE, must be very tired after almost four hours. I have two brief questions and one substantive one; I will try to rush them. The first one is on scoliosis, about which there was a good deal of publicity recently but which appears to have fallen off the agenda. I know many families personally affected by...