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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It was not to get around the rule.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: That would be fine except they use council land and public land. It is not like they are coming up with land themselves. This could easily be done by local authorities. Most people would have viewed it as being a way to outsource this to smaller bodies in order to bypass the rule. Why else would they be in here pleading for a change of policy?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (8 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times for assessment for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy for children; the measures that will be taken to end waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (8 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 83. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the use of Mifepristone and Misoprostol for the termination of pregnancy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6380/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (8 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the income thresholds for the student universal support grant which will be reviewed to take into account the rising cost of living for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6550/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (8 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 238. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for breast check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6642/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (8 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the frequency of breast check in all areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6643/18]

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We are interested actually.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The response of the Government to the Bill is shocking. In its presentation the Government said that in 32 years' time - a generation away - in the year 2050, Ireland might be able to reduce its emissions by 80%. This is not even true. In the past month, the Climate Change Advisory Council has stated that the Government will miss the 2020 targets. Professor John FitzGerald of that council...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach said he will listen to the interview, but he might bring the Tánaiste to sit and listen to it with him. The first issue is that Sarah was not asked if she had allergies. She was asked about her sex life. That is the reality of it. The morning after pill is safer than paracetamol or Nurofen. One can go to the counter and get it without any...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I wonder if the Taoiseach listened to an interview on Monday on RedFM, a Cork radio station, with a woman called Sarah. In short, Sarah is a victim of rape who was refused morning-after contraception and ended up having to go to Britain for a late abortion at great expense and trauma. In the context of a debate about unrestricted access to abortion up to 12 weeks versus restrictions, I...

Centenary of Women's Suffrage: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Obviously, this is a momentous day in that it is the centenary of some women being granted the right to vote before, four years later, in the case of Ireland, that was extended to all women on an equal basis with men. However, there are huge lessons to be learned for people engaged in social movements, in anti-austerity movements and in global feminist movements from the struggle that women...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the progress of family reunification for refugees from Syria here as part of resettlement and relocation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5668/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the assistance given to refugees from Syria here as part of resettlement and relocation programmes to access education and employment and to have professional qualifications recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5669/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (6 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed the funding of the CIÉ defined benefit pension scheme with the senior management of CIÉ. [5360/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport Eligibility (6 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public transport provision will be expanded to cater for the requirements of persons in a school (details supplied). [6036/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency (6 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the appointment of the chair of the Housing Agency will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5825/18]

Other Questions: School Curriculum (1 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The joint committee asked for a review, for time to be provided in the school curriculum and for suitably qualified individuals to teach it so as not to have the history or geography teacher going in embarrassed to a room full of teenagers. My key concern is about impartiality and the provision of factual information. The religious ethos of the majority of schools is preventing young people...

Other Questions: School Curriculum (1 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: There is outsourcing. In 2016 Accord delivered courses in 53 secondary schools and all 347 Catholic primary schools in Dublin. ETB schools also avail of its services. In response to a related question I sent to the Minister yesterday, he stated he would review the funding of the Meitheal and Ember programmes because even though they were not in the area of RSE, they were related to student...

Other Questions: School Curriculum (1 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendation of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution regarding the provision of factual sex education independent of school ethos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4899/18]