Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

73. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is, the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies that is received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42707/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

91. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42710/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

108. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the details of average amounts paid by his Department and those bodies under its aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is, the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies which is received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42701/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

113. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42705/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

134. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the details of average cuts paid by her Department and those under her aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42711/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

139. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42703/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

195. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those 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. [42709/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

198. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and those 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. [42708/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

219. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of average cuts paid by her Department and those under her aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42706/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

254. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the details of average cuts in payments by his Department and those under its aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is, the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and by the agency. [42704/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

262. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the details of the average cut paid by his Department and those bodies under its aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fees paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42713/14]

Departmental Contracts

Ruth Coppinger

269. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the details of the average cut paid by her Department and those bodies under its aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies received by the worker and the proportion received by the agency. [42702/14]

Tax Exemptions

Ruth Coppinger

9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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 information is not available, the reason why. [41765/14]

VAT Exemptions

Ruth Coppinger

33. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Asylum Support Services

Ruth Coppinger

105. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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 who are victims of sexual violence. [42313/14]

Third Level Fees

Ruth Coppinger

161. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Ruth Coppinger

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

Respite Care Grant Payments

Ruth Coppinger

108. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the cuts to the respite care grant in the upcoming Finance Bill. [41685/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Ruth Coppinger

128. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and 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]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Ruth Coppinger

177. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and 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]

VAT Rate Application

Ruth Coppinger

282. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Hospital Facilities

Ruth Coppinger

599. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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 hospital [41040/14]

Registration of Nurses

Ruth Coppinger

600. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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 increases in registration fees. [41051/14]

Health Services Provision

Ruth Coppinger

674. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Electoral Reform

Ruth Coppinger

988. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the 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 to all non-Irish citizens in view of the larger numbers of such persons living and working in the State compared with when that Act came into operation. [41052/14]

Labour Activation Measures

Ruth Coppinger

105. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and 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]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Ruth Coppinger

106. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and 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]

Registration of Nurses

Ruth Coppinger

154. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the increase in annual fees nurses are required to pay to An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais to remain registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38878/14]

Obesity Strategy

Ruth Coppinger

155. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations of the new Royal College of Physicians of Ireland policy statement on obesity here; the measures he will implement on the matter of obesity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38879/14]

Foreign Conflicts

Ruth Coppinger

224. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the full recognition of the state of Palestine; and the steps he will take on this matter following the recognition of the state of Palestine by the Kingdom of Sweden. [38881/14]

Childhood Obesity

Ruth Coppinger

236. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Electoral Reform

Ruth Coppinger

302. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the 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]

Appointments to State Boards

Ruth Coppinger

366. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

School Staffing

Ruth Coppinger

9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will replace three lost posts in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, due to the difficulties in the provision of education in this disadvantaged area; the loss of posts include an assistant principal post and other vital duties such as organising of a care team for students, library, discipline, social, bereavement, IT and a range of subject coordination. [37872/14]

Respite Care Grant Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

44. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a reversal of the reduction in the respite care grant that took place in budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38478/14]

Household Benefits Scheme

Ruth Coppinger

45. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a reversal of the reductions and changes to the household benefits package that has taken place since 2011. [38479/14]

Proposed Legislation

Ruth Coppinger

127. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views regarding a change in law and regulations to allow for the medicinal prescription of cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38414/14]

Community Care Provision

Ruth Coppinger

136. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will create a statutory entitlement to community care services, including home helps and home care packages, as recommended in the Seanad Éireann report on the rights of older people of March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38481/14]

Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

212. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the budget reductions and changes to the rules related to the housing adaption scheme. [38480/14]

Human Rights Issues

Ruth Coppinger

92. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on police repression of protests in Hong Kong against protestors; if he has made representations to the authorities in the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or their representatives here regarding the use of police against peaceful protestors in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37736/14]

Diplomatic Representation

Ruth Coppinger

97. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions he and his officials have had with representatives of the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong special administrative region regarding the protests in Hong Kong that are demanding democracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37735/14]

Hospital Admissions

Ruth Coppinger

150. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will receive an appointment for an operation in Beaumont Hospital without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37538/14]

Overseas Development Aid Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

138. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way he will reach the target of 0.7% GNP to be given in overseas aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37304/14]

School Enrolments Data

Ruth Coppinger

152. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place for the education and welfare of primary and secondary students who are homeless; if she will report on the number of primary and secondary students who have been homeless in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37255/14]

Abortion Legislation

Ruth Coppinger

118. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on the results of a recent opinion poll (details supplied) in which legislation for abortion here is now widely supported and deemed urgent by the majority in society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36440/14]

FÁS Training Programmes Data

Ruth Coppinger

233. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the completion and progression figures for FÁS courses over the past ten years. [36340/14]

FÁS Training Programmes Data

Ruth Coppinger

234. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the completion and progression figures for individual FÁS centres over the past ten years. [36342/14]

Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers

Ruth Coppinger

235. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the completion and progression figures for VTOS courses over the past ten years. [36343/14]

State Examinations Statistics

Ruth Coppinger

236. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of school leavers who completed the leaving certificate in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [36344/14]

State Examinations Statistics

Ruth Coppinger

237. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of school leavers completing the leaving certificate in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014, broken down into areas of Dublin. [36345/14]