Results 181-200 of 2,731 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (2 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to address the anomaly in the case of a secondary school teacher (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who attained a postgraduate diploma in education, qualified as a teacher and registered with the Teaching Council in 2011 but was placed on post-2012 pay scales as they had to complete some extra modules relating to their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of primary school places in Ashtown, Castleknock area, Dublin 15. [46197/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the creation of a local centralised school allocation system in Dublin 15 to deal with the anomalies between schools' waiting lists; and her plans tackle the issue. [46198/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted an impact analysis on the use of public transport and the recent increase in fares. [46331/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Easter Rising Commemorations (9 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 112. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the involvement the military of other European States may have in the commemorative events related to the anniversary of the 1916 Rising. [46870/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (9 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 114. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will expand the funding for the National Archives, the National Library, the National Gallery, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46871/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (9 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that community employment participants who commenced prior to 16 January 2012 and have had continuous service may retain their primary social welfare payment alongside the CE personal rate allowance until they finish their time on community employment; the number of participants that will be effected by this change; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (9 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the number of community employment participants who will have a dual payment ended after December 2014; and the savings to the Department's budget as a result of this change. [46960/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (9 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend social welfare regulations to address the anomaly where a married couple (details supplied) in receipt of carer's allowance and jobseeker's allowance have income earned on a once-off basis as a polling clerk deducted from their welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46989/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (9 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in order to increase the supply of wheelchair accessible vehicles, WAVS, if he will intervene to extend the deadline for taxi drivers wishing to avail of the WAV grant from the National Transport Authority in order to have the ownership of their new vehicles. [46992/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the rent supplement levels; her views that such an increase will have an immediate effect on the reduction of homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47079/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homeless Accommodation Provision (10 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide Threshold further power and resources to prevent homelessness, including in cases of repossessions. [47078/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (10 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 129. To ask the Minister for Health if demographic trends were considered when allocating resources for Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital for 2014 in view of demographic trends in similar jurisdictions that result in increased demands for in-patient treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47437/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Balance (10 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will implement to bring a higher representation of women in senior positions in the universities and institutes of technology. [47387/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Balance (10 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Higher Education Authority's report Gender and Academic Staff (details supplied). [47388/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a national driving licence service centre for the Dublin 7 and Dublin 15 areas. [47428/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement Issues (16 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 6 November 2014, his views on the need to investigate low paid public sector workers' wages by a low pay commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47836/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (16 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant wards in the children's hospitals in the State; and the steps he is taking to open any such wards. [47778/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (16 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 429. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the isolation facilities in the children's hospitals in the State for patients with immunity problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47779/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will remove explanatory notes from the junior and leaving certificates in the cases of students with specific learning difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47777/14]