Results 61-80 of 6,336 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (3 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish inequitable tax reliefs in the budget such as tax relief on pension contributions at the marginal rate. [28547/14]

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: No.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 8:In page 27, line 32, after “for” to insert “public”.The proposal in these amendments from the Socialist Party concerns the inclusion of the building of social and affordable housing in the strategic projects which will be paid for from taxpayers' funds in the pensions reserve fund being established by the Minister. It is amazing that we...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Contracts (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investigations that have taken place into employment practices on construction sites of educational facilities, such as St Patrick's College, Drumcondra and others, where trade unions have alleged they are prevented from going on site and black economy practices are taking place. [29392/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the proposed politics and society subject for the senior curriculum may be hampered by the change in status of civics, social and political education in the junior curriculum; if he will report on the introduction of the politics and society subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29302/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be officially approved for its new school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29701/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been given rent supplement in excess of the maximum amount by her Department after making contact with the Threshold phoneline. [29146/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 626. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time broken down by years that current asylum seekers have been living in direct provision accommodation. [29145/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times in the Dublin Dental Hospital; his views on the provision of the acute dental services in the State; and his views on whether they are adequate for the present and future needs of the population [29142/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Staff (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 856. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps has he taken to provide an educational welfare officer for the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29303/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: I seek clarity. I do not come from a coastal or a Gaeltacht area, nor am I familiar with such areas. However, I am alarmed by what I have read in the submissions and what I have heard today. I know there are other groups from which we are waiting to hear. However, the answers to the key questions lie with Údarás na Gaeltachta as to the reason for what seems to be its strange...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: This group of amendments set down by the Socialist Party Deputies seeks to provide for the inclusion of social and affordable housing in the list of projects that would be paid for by the taxpayer out of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and used in the new strategic investment fund. I said yesterday that it was amazing to anyone outside the House that such a thing would be excluded from a...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: What we are seeking is the inclusion of social and affordable housing in these projects. The Minister of State has assured us that they will be included, but they are not even listed. That is the point. If they are going to be front and centre in the context of this fund, they should appear on the list of projects. I am amazed - I am not really - that the Minister of State referred to...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: Has the Minister of State any sense of urgency about this problem? I submitted a written question last week. Six families have been helped by the Tánaiste's much publicised initiative with Threshold. Something is wrong somewhere. Obviously, the Government has no interest because it did not fund the initiative properly, not enough people were available to answer telephones, it was not...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: That is very difficult.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: On a point of order, I did not realise amendment No. 19 was in this section, as I thought amendment No. 16 was. Could I speak on that?

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to make a few very important points on the amendment. I totally oppose this section and believe it should be deleted. This is meant to be a stimulus package for investment in projects, yet a provision is being written in for another bailout if it is ever needed. Already, €21 billion has been put into two banks from the National Pensions Reserve Fund, and it is now down to...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: There is another problem with the PPP arrangements that the Minister seems to be prioritising. Others have mentioned the M50 toll road and how much taxpayers paid for it. The Minister of State mentioned Respond! and other housing agencies. While I have no specific problem with any particular housing agency, I have a major problem if the Minister of State is directing that all house...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 16:In page 41, lines 11 to 15, to delete all words from and including ", and" in line 11 down to and including "2010)" in line 15.This relates to the important matter of the ability of councils and other agencies to borrow in order to participate in strategic investment. On page 41 of the Bill we see the effects of successive EU regulations which prohibit the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (10 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the progress of the Action Plan for Jobs 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29910/14]