Results 121-140 of 2,731 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childhood Obesity (14 Oct 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recommendations for actions in the education system contained in the new Royal College of Physicians of Ireland policy statement on obesity here; the measures she will implement on the matter of obesity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38880/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (14 Oct 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 302. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a change in electoral law to allow persons resident in the State that are not citizens or United Kingdom citizens a right to vote in elections to Dáil Éireann; his views on such a change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38877/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (14 Oct 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the board of the Irish Aviation Authority; and the qualifications and other credentials of the nominee. [38888/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (21 Oct 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have lost or had a deduction of their social welfare allowance because they refused to engage with labour activation schemes. [39863/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (21 Oct 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a reversal of the reductions in rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39862/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the cuts to the respite care grant in the upcoming Finance Bill. [41685/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department plans to reverse the cuts in rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41684/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if existing participants of community service programmes are entitled to continue to claim secondary benefits from her Department; if she will outline the rules on eligibility for secondary benefits. [41226/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 282. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 17 September 2014, if he is in favour of a change to the EU VAT directive and relevant orders to allow for a zero rate of VAT for the purchase of defibrillators for community and sporting organisations. [41297/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 600. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent decision of the Irish nursing and midwifery board to increase registration fees for nurses and midwives; his views on the INMB taking into account the ability of nurses and midwives to pay the fee increases prior to making decisions of the level of fees; and if he will amend legislation to allow him to intervene to cap and-or reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres available for use in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the number of operating theatres that are in use; the number of surgeons and other medical professionals working in the theatres; the amount of spare capacity in the operating theatres; and the numbers of patients on the waiting list for surgery at this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 674. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous questions on the matter, the latest preparations for any possible cases of Ebola in the State. [41437/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 988. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 14 October 2014, his views on the amendment of section 8 of the Electoral Act 1992 to allow for the unilateral granting of the right to vote in elections to Dáil Éireann for all non-Irish citizens in view the larger numbers of such persons living and working in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (5 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 9. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose and function of the income tax exemption for non-resident holders of Irish Government securities and the reason the cost of this tax expenditure has increased from €240.8 million in 2007 to €619 million in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of beneficiaries each year and the benefit per person; and if the latter...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (5 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT will be applied to water supplied by Irish Water in view of the fact that the company is not a local authority; and if he will report on any consultations with the EU Commission on the matter. [41764/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (5 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the report of the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland entitled, "Asylum seekers and refugees surviving on hold: Sexual violence disclosed to Rape Crisis Centres"; and the measures her Department will take to provide support and assistance to asylum seekers and refugees that are victims of sexual violence. [42313/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (5 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to abolish fees for graduate entry to medicine; the actions she will take to ease the financial burden on graduate entry medical students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42314/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the charging of the student service charge to apprentices; her views that the charge is a disincentive and a barrier to apprentices' training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42351/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and State agencies under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies is received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42066/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (6 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on comments made by an official (details supplied) from his Department on 30 October 2014 that the idea of the sector being permanent and pensionable is not written in stone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42067/14]