Parliamentary questions

Industrial Disputes

Ruth Coppinger

666. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the proposed industrial action by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth to express its concern on staff shortages; and his plans to resolve the situation. [12720/16]

Animal Welfare

Ruth Coppinger

786. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on puppy farming; his views on the welfare of dogs in this environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12866/16]

Employment Data

Ruth Coppinger

907. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of agency workers employed in the State for each year since 2008, in tabular form. [13636/16]

Employment Data

Ruth Coppinger

908. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and size of employment agencies operating in the State for each year since 2008. [13637/16]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments

Ruth Coppinger

73. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance to review the investment of the strategic investment fund in fossil fuels and other industries that have a harmful impact on climate change and the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12298/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Ruth Coppinger

107. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 17 May 2016, if he will repeal subsection 9 of section 3A of the Water Services Act 2014 to enable council tenants to participate under the tenant purchase scheme, given the commitment to suspend water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12323/16]

Animal Welfare

Ruth Coppinger

226. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with animal rights campaigners (details supplied) who will be in Ireland in early June 2016 and who have requested a meeting to discuss the export trade of greyhounds to the Macau Special Administrative Region in China. [12335/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Ruth Coppinger

31. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection for further information on how the fit for work programme will relate to other labour activation measures such as JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11837/16]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Ruth Coppinger

48. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria he will use to assess a person's ability to work as part of the fit-for-work programme as per the programme for Government. [11836/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Ruth Coppinger

40. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has liaised with the housing agencies responsible for the implementation of the pyrite remediation process regarding their progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11329/16]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ruth Coppinger

57. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken to keep global warming below 1.5° Celsius more than pre-industrial levels, as agreed at the 2015 United Nations Paris climate change conference. [11330/16]

School Guidance Counsellors

Ruth Coppinger

130. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the report on the findings of the 2015-2016 national audit of guidance counselling practice in second level schools and colleges of further education; if he will reverse the cuts made to the allocation of guidance counsellors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11189/16]

National Children's Hospital Location

Ruth Coppinger

442. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the location of the National Children's Hospital at the St. James's Hospital site; if he will review the decision and the decision-making process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11382/16]

Ambulance Service Staff

Ruth Coppinger

494. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to recruit extra staff and provide extra resources for the national ambulance service; his views on the recommendations made in the national ambulance service capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11726/16]

Education Welfare Service

Ruth Coppinger

281. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of homeless children in primary and in secondary education. [9409/16]

Private Rented Accommodation

Ruth Coppinger

375. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of difficulties landlords have had in availing of house insurance if they are to take part in local authority housing schemes such as the housing assistance payment scheme; the number of such cases he is aware of, by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9604/16]

Student Accommodation

Ruth Coppinger

380. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 4 May 2016, the outcome of his meeting with the students' union in the National University of Ireland Dublin on 2 September 2015; and if he committed to assisting the union in promoting a rent-a-room scheme and the steps he has taken in this regard [9735/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility

Ruth Coppinger

382. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the requirement by Donegal County Council to have the payment of water charges as a condition for the tenant purchase scheme; if he agrees with this requirement, given there is no requirement for the payment of other utility bills by the tenant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9699/16]

Greyhound Industry

Ruth Coppinger

1011. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the greyhound trade with the Macau Special Administrative Region in China; if he has animal welfare concerns about this trade; if he will intervene to prevent the export of greyhounds to locations where there are animal welfare concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9759/16]

Student Accommodation

Ruth Coppinger

312. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will assist the Students Union in the University College Dublin with its promotion of the rent-a-room scheme following his meeting on 2 September 2015 with the president of the union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9067/16]

Pension Provisions

Ruth Coppinger

9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why she applied a negative re-evaluation of deferred defined pensions; if she has assessed the impact this will have on pensions paid to deferred defined benefit pensioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8709/16]

Autism Support Services

Ruth Coppinger

38. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times for autistic children seeking access to therapies in Beechpark Service in the Dublin North-West Health Service Executive area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8533/16]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Ruth Coppinger

39. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the treatment of a person (details supplied) who requires access to speech therapies. [8534/16]

School Transport

Ruth Coppinger

77. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the assessments she has conducted on the school transport needs of homeless children who are living in emergency accommodation away from where they originally lived and who are enrolled in school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8585/16]

Education Policy

Ruth Coppinger

78. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will put in place to cater for the specific needs of homeless children in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8586/16]

Education Policy

Ruth Coppinger

79. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of homeless children in primary level education and in second level education. [8587/16]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Ruth Coppinger

11. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to alter the rules of the State pension (contributory) scheme to recognise J class pay related social insurance payments in certain circumstances (details supplied). [8090/16]

Visa Applications

Ruth Coppinger

226. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times of visa applications for each type of visa; the number of visa applications for each type of visa, that are not being processed in the target time, from the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of staff allocated for the processing of visa applications, in the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8407/16]

Passport Applications

Ruth Coppinger

362. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of those living outside the State who are applying for a passport with regard to the new requirement to have a public services card to make a first-time adult application for a passport. [8034/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance

Ruth Coppinger

8. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will change the manner in which term-time workers in the education sector on low working hours receive jobseekers' payments when school holidays are taking place (details supplied) given the low level of payment many receive at Easter time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7913/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance

Ruth Coppinger

9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to report on the time it takes for jobseekers' payments for term-time workers in education to have their applications processed and payments made (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7914/16]

Passport Applications Data

Ruth Coppinger

379. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the meeting of target issue dates in the processing of passports and passport cards in 2016; his plans to meet the increased summer demand in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7426/16]

Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme

Ruth Coppinger

435. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will prevent the destruction of records related to the practice of symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5477/16]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Ruth Coppinger

556. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health when therapy will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6069/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Ruth Coppinger

713. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills to arrange an expanded permanent school structure on her Department's owned land adjacent to an existing school (details supplied) in Dublin 17, given that the prefabricated structure from which the school operates is due to come to the end of its originally projected ten-year life span in 2018, and given the major housing development due for completion on adjacent Dublin City Council-owned land within that timeframe and the likely resultant additional demand for places in the school which is already operating at capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6072/16]

National Internship Scheme Administration

Ruth Coppinger

8. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to prohibit hunt organisations from using the JobBridge scheme to fill roles in hunting activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4727/16]

Health Services Funding

Ruth Coppinger

278. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to increase the funding for persons with Huntington's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4726/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Ruth Coppinger

289. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for occupational therapists to assess homes for the housing adaptation grant in Dublin 7 and in Dublin 15. [4751/16]

Nursing Staff Provision

Ruth Coppinger

290. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the number of community nurses in Dublin 7 and in Dublin 15 and if he will recruit more nurses in the next period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4752/16]

School Placement

Ruth Coppinger

436. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills to expand the number of places in dedicated schools for children with autism, given the very high demand for such places in north Dublin city (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4753/16]

Public Bike Schemes

Ruth Coppinger

587. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the usage statistics for the individual stations of the Limerick Bike Scheme that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5170/16]

Public Bike Schemes

Ruth Coppinger

588. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of sponsorship from a company (details supplied) to the bike schemes in counties Limerick, Cork and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5171/16]