Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Banking Sector Regulation

Ruth Coppinger

1458. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the steps he will take to protect from eviction the tenants living in the homes that are part of Ulster Bank's sale of non-performing home loans, Project Aran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33987/14]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Ruth Coppinger

1475. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an annual breakdown of the quantity of social housing constructed since 2009 according to the number of units provided directly by local authorities and the number constructed through approved housing bodies; and if he will provide a breakdown of the approved housing bodies concerned. [33045/14]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Ruth Coppinger

1476. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a projection by year of the quantity of social housing to be built from 2014 inclusive onwards; the number of units to be provided directly by local authorities and the number to be provided through approved housing bodies; and if he will provide a numerical breakdown by the approved housing bodies concerned. [33046/14]

Seanad Reform

Ruth Coppinger

1485. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the meetings of the technical working group for the Seanad Electoral (University Members)(Amendment) Bill; if he will report on any conclusions or decisions made; the number of meetings that have taken place; the meetings that are scheduled; if the group has come across any challenges relating to the new electoral register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33111/14]

Tourism Industry

Ruth Coppinger

1692. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact the level of staffing of the Natural History Museum is having on tourism in Dublin. [33568/14]

National Museum

Ruth Coppinger

1757. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will lift the cap on the recruitment of new staff at the Natural History Museum; and her views on the impact the level of staffing is having on the operation of the museum. [33566/14]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Ruth Coppinger

1758. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will grant licences for hare coursing for the 2014/2015 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33567/14]

Registration of Births

Ruth Coppinger

37. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons that have been entered on the foreign births register by year to date; the number of entries in each year that were entered on the grounds of an Irish parent being Irish-born, naturalised, a post-nuptial Irish citizen, an adopted Irish citizen or a foreign-birth Irish citizen. [32205/14]

Housing Issues

Ruth Coppinger

94. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the impact that the building of enough local authority homes to clear the waiting list would have on house prices and rents in the private market. [32428/14]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Ruth Coppinger

95. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if he has an estimate of the impact that reductions in the public sector budget and the growth in temporary and part-time contracts and lower wages in the public sector have had on the wage share to GDP ratio. [32429/14]

Budget 2015

Ruth Coppinger

96. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the primary budget deficit if there were no adjustments in budget 2015. [32430/14]

Budget Measures

Ruth Coppinger

97. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the cumulative level of all the cuts and adjustments implemented in all the budgets from 2009 onwards. [32431/14]

General Government Debt

Ruth Coppinger

98. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the total Government debt in monetary terms, as a percentage of GDP and as a percentage of GNP for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of these figures in both monetary and percentage terms detailing the portion of the debt attributable to public expenditure and the portion attributable to spending on banks such as recapitalisation and servicing the Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society promissory notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32432/14]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Ruth Coppinger

234. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the student service charge for apprentices attending third level colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32436/14]

Third Level Fees

Ruth Coppinger

235. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to remove all fees, including registration fees, for third level education. [32437/14]

Third Level Fees

Ruth Coppinger

236. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of abolishing fees including registration fees for all third level students normally resident here or here on student exchange programmes such as Erasmus. [32438/14]

Public Services Card Provision

Ruth Coppinger

342. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons refused a social welfare payment following their refusal to take part in the new photographic identification card system; her position regarding the welfare of these persons not receiving any payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32203/14]

Public Services Card Data

Ruth Coppinger

343. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of photographic identity cards that have been issued by her Department; the amount that remain to be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32204/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

358. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department spent in 2013 on family income supplement, jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit to workers not in full-time employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32434/14]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Ruth Coppinger

402. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a report has been provided by Údaras na Gaeltachta on a matter relating to the sale of a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32207/14]

Services for People with Disabilities

Ruth Coppinger

423. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure the emergency services phoneline, 999-112, will be fully accessible to the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32123/14]

Broadcasting Service Provision

Ruth Coppinger

427. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will implement continuous multi-annual funding for TG4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32206/14]

Departmental Funding

Ruth Coppinger

463. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the recent decision not to grant funds to the Neurological Alliance of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32120/14]

Visa Applications

Ruth Coppinger

565. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of non-EU citizens granted visas due to their relationship with an EU citizen - spouse, civil partner or partner - during the years 2000 to 2013 and to date in 2014; and the category of visas granted. [32121/14]

Aviation Policy

Ruth Coppinger

775. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include guarantees for the pay and terms and conditions for workers in Irish aviation as part of the national policy on aviation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32435/14]

EU Meetings

Ruth Coppinger

24. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if the issue of the recent crisis in Ukraine was discussed during his meetings in Brussels at the end of May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25456/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Ruth Coppinger

76. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the progress of the rent supplement initiative with Threshold; and the number of households that have availed of this to date. [30934/14]

National Internship Scheme Data

Ruth Coppinger

95. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that have been banned from using JobBridge; the names of these companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30933/14]

Middle East Issues

Ruth Coppinger

143. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the bombing of Gaza and the Israeli military and security operations in occupied east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, following the deaths of three Israeli teenagers and a young Palestinian boy. [31024/14]

Pyrite Issues

Ruth Coppinger

458. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a fund will be set up for the fixing of social housing affected by pyrite, in view of the fact that the current PRB scheme only applies to private housing. [30711/14]

Pyrite Issues

Ruth Coppinger

459. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to repair the homes of social housing tenants of Respond in Parnell Estate, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15, in view of the fact that they have been paying full rent to Respond, despite the pyrite-related deficiencies in their homes and resulting extra heating costs. [30712/14]

Services for People with Disabilities

Ruth Coppinger

463. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the budget cut to the National Deaf Advocacy Service of the Irish Deaf Society in view of the impact this will have in exacerbating the already existing difficulties in accessing essential public services that the deaf community face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30754/14]

Security Checks

Ruth Coppinger

602. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that a company (details supplied) will publish a report for Ireland showing the number of requests for information which the State had sought from the company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31673/14]

Parking Regulations

Ruth Coppinger

748. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure private clamping operators will provide communication access for the deaf community; the steps he has, and will implement on the regulation of private clamping companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31196/14]

Action Plan for Jobs

Ruth Coppinger

17. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Action Plan for Jobs

Ruth Coppinger

18. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the costs to the Exchequer of initiatives contained in the Action Plan for Jobs 2014. [29911/14]

Construction Contracts

Ruth Coppinger

67. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

School Curriculum

Ruth Coppinger

244. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Schools Building Projects Status

Ruth Coppinger

271. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure

Ruth Coppinger

375. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and 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]

Ruth Coppinger

626. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Dental Services Provision

Ruth Coppinger

690. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Education Welfare Service Staff

Ruth Coppinger

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

Tax Yield

Ruth Coppinger

2. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated how much a 5% or 10% rise in wages for low and middle income workers would boost tax receipts and reduce welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28546/14]

Banking Sector

Ruth Coppinger

4. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Bank of Ireland selling part of its mortgage loan book to Dilosk Limited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28626/14]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments

Ruth Coppinger

12. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if he will apply for funds from the Ireland strategic investment fund to invest in the construction of thousands of social, affordable and local authority homes [25440/14]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Ruth Coppinger

13. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the effect the Government policy of downsizing the public sector and cutting wages has had since 2007 on the wage share-wages as a percentage of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28548/14]

Tax Reliefs Abolition

Ruth Coppinger

16. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked 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]

Child Care Services Funding

Ruth Coppinger

70. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to reinstate the 2009 cuts to the early childcare supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28006/14]

Child Care Services Funding

Ruth Coppinger

85. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure that a child care service (details supplied) will remain open and fully funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28005/14]