Official portrait of Ruth Coppinger

Ruth Coppinger

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People Before Profit-Solidarity · Dublin West · serving since 2024-11-29

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Record timeline

Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2026-07-28 · to Foreign
65. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Passport Office will consider a passport application of a newborn baby who is breastfeeding if an emergency application is submitted should the mother need to travel for a family emergency or medical procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56786/26]
written 2026-07-28 · to Transport
446. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport to consider the creation of a direct route between Blanchardstown and Swords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56363/26]
written 2026-07-28 · to Education
1167. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a new school building (details supplied) will be sanctioned, as students and staff are currently experiencing leaks, inaccessible and unsafe conditions due to the deteriorating building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55489/26]
written 2026-07-28 · to Education
1223. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on a practice in some schools for which animal welfare concerns have been raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56186/26]
written 2026-07-28 · to Education
1239. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth her current plans to review the qualification equivalency process for those teachers returning from working aboard given concerns that have been raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56361/26]
written 2026-07-28 · to Education
1252. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support in Budget 2027 the expansion of a school-based experiential learning programme, delivered by an independent, not-for-profit organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56781/26]
oral 2026-07-16 · to Defence
120. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Defence if she will examine extending the EU victims directive (details supplied) to cases that are prosecuted by the military police or the Director of Military Prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54260/26]
written 2026-07-16 · to Finance
269. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to consider altering the criteria for the help to buy scheme to allow non new-build houses to be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54310/26]
written 2026-07-16 · to Education
317. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reasons agreed local bargaining measures were withdrawn for SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54426/26]
written 2026-07-16 · to Education
318. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address issues that have arisen around a local bargaining measure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54427/26]
written 2026-07-16 · to Social
381. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on a jobseeker’s allowance claim (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54430/26]
written 2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach
40. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with trade union and employer representatives at the Labour Employer Economic Forum. [50911/26]
written 2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach
62. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will next meet. [50912/26]
written 2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach
74. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [50913/26]
written 2026-07-15 · to Justice
307. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will publish the advice that he has received in relation to the constitutionality of the ban of a use of counselling notes in a criminal trial as evidence; if the rights of complainants were considered in a balance with the rights to a fair trial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53925/26]
written 2026-07-15 · to Health
376. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the reason persons with dementia are not routinely assessed for disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53773/26]
written 2026-07-15 · to Health
377. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve care for those diagnosed with dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53774/26]
written 2026-07-15 · to Health
378. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider implementing dementia supports that are based on a disability assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53775/26]
written 2026-07-09 · to Agriculture
31. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers culled in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52311/26]
written 2026-07-09 · to Agriculture
34. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the mortality rates in live cattle exports; if he will consider ending the practice on animal welfare grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52309/26]
written 2026-07-09 · to Agriculture
53. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of State funding provided to hare coursing; if his Department has estimates on the revenue generated by hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52312/26]
written 2026-07-09 · to Agriculture
68. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider providing more funding to farmers to allow an expansion of rewilding projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52313/26]
written 2026-07-09 · to Agriculture
79. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a ban on fox hunting with dogs in light of a Bill to ban hunting mammals with dogs passing second stage in the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52310/26]
written 2026-07-07 · to Public Expenditure
281. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department will look favourably on an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied); to provide an update on the status of the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51386/26]
written 2026-07-01 · to Foreign
90. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on her position in relation to the human rights abuses by the Taliban in Afghanistan; the humanitarian aid measures she provided to people in Afghanistan; the assistance she has discussed at an EU level for those fleeing the regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50129/26]
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