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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I am very concerned about the plight of the Palestinian people, as I am sure we all are, but I am also specifically concerned about Irish citizens who the Taoiseach's Department helped to get out of Gaza. In particular, he may recall Ibrahim Alagha, whose family I am sure the Taoiseach and his Department officials played a role in assisting in November 2023. One of the family members got...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 31. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs is taking place. [6172/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 39. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [7940/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I would like to raise with the Taoiseach one very important and particular aspect of healthcare and that is for trans people. I am sure that he, like me, is concerned about the demonisation and erasure of trans people that is going on worldwide. I am sure the Taoiseach would also agree that trans people have a human right to healthcare. The waiting list is a decade long in this State right...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on health is taking place. [6171/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 26. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [7939/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: They are being deported, actually.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: This is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Tomorrow, a briefing will be held by relatives about this matter. Over the past 20 years there has been an absolute explosion in this most deadly, fatal mental illness. Yet, we still only have three beds for people with eating disorders. Some 200,000 people suffer with such disorders. Eight beds were to be opened at Connolly Hospital...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Is that by the end the year?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: All right, go on.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the tendering for research on demand for special school and special class places by the National Council for Special Education, in particular to report on the cost of the project and its timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7278/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a suitable school place will be offered to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7581/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the City of Dublin Education and Training Board to develop and implement a remote working policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7630/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a child (details supplied) who is not receiving education due to their needs; her views on whether this situation needs to be resolved as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will resolve the case of a child (details supplied) who is due to start school in September but was not accepted in any ASD classes in their area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take the opportunity offered by the need to amend legislation pertaining to widows, widowers or surviving civil partner’s contributory pensions to extend the ability to qualify for the pension to those who were unmarried couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the position of League of Ireland stadiums under new Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; to outline what amendments he might make in relation to licencing at such stadiums; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7277/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (25 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 723. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she intends to extend the accommodation recognition payment for those hosting Ukrainians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7276/25]

Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Some Deputies have said they are not from rural areas but we all eat food so we are all entitled to speak on the topic. Also, the animals which provide the food are everybody's concern. No special privilege is afforded if you are a rural dweller or a farmer. We talk about the food economy but what about the welfare of the animals in that food economy? Nobody wants to eat food that is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Feb 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Connolly Hospital serves a massive catchment area of about 331,000 people in Dublin west, north and mid-west and counties Kildare and Meath. These are areas where the population of this country has increased so enormously. The hospital also takes all the road traffic accident cases from the M50. Connolly Hospital has one CT scanner. It broke down last Thursday, so for six days patients...