TDs / Ruth Coppinger

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Ruth Coppinger

People Before Profit-Solidarity Dublin West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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938
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
164,714
words spoken in the chamber
Across 1,017 contributions
371
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
239
topics asked about
Across 19 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 938 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 1,017 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 5
January 2025 4 2
February 2025 40 62
March 2025 32 55
April 2025 59 51
May 2025 42 68
June 2025 33 69
July 2025 48 63
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 81 26
October 2025 26 79
November 2025 81 42
December 2025 16 58
January 2026 64 66
February 2026 64 99
March 2026 66 46
April 2026 79 48
May 2026 53 50
June 2026 51 60
July 2026 26 32
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 53 20
October 2026 20 15

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 687 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Dublin West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party People Before Profit-Solidarity 29 November 2024 to now
Ruth Coppinger Written 22 Oct 2025 · to Culture
75. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the costs his Department had in the dispersion of NFL starter kits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57553/25]
Ruth Coppinger Oral 21 Oct 2025 · to Taoiseach
8. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [52038/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Finance
291. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is not investing in corporations profiting from trade with Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56712/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Social
542. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to register a birth with a different gender other than male and female on a birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57389/25]
Ruth Coppinger Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
4. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the assessments that were carried out in relation to the impact the €500 increase in third level fees would have on accessibility to third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56129/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Children
327. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on concerns around the privatization of childcare providers in Fingal (details supplied) and initiatives her Department is taking increase the amount of publicly owned childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56303/25]
Ruth Coppinger Oral 14 Oct 2025 · to Taoiseach
6. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [49987/25]
Ruth Coppinger Oral 14 Oct 2025 · to Taoiseach
17. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [49988/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Housing
635. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be allocating funding to Dublin Zoo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55296/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Social
242. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection to extend the back to school allowance to all children in State care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54309/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Social
243. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider allowing older persons with disabilities to access disability allowance along with their pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54318/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Children
302. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to extend the age range of after care allowance to those leaving care to the age of 23; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54307/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Children
303. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to index-link the foster care allowance to the rate of inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54308/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Health
327. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of additional tests for the newborn bloodspot screening programme for spinal muscular atrophy. [54348/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Health
324. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider reinstating training for advanced practitioners in the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54181/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Health
325. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider increasing the new development funding provided to the National Ambulance Service, given the projected 11% increase in emergency calls projected in the HSE national service plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54182/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
95. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the payment of the five percent increase for those availing of the CIÉ pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53398/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
96. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport to consider including those people who have retired since January 2023 in the five percent increase to CIÉ pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53399/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Education
202. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider providing access to a HAA medical card and a full pension to industrial school survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53385/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
368. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53377/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
489. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1721 of 8 September 2025, the number of non-coursing greyhounds active on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Race Management System on 13 June 2025 and not the twelve months previously (details supplied), by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53379/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Social
330. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual figures since 2015 for appeals lodged with the social welfare appeals office querying a refusal based on the habitual residence condition, by Irish citizens and non-Irish nationals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52778/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Finance
37. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance if an employer, when reimbursing an employee the 24 hour Revenue Commissioners’ approved unvouched subsistence allowance rate of currently €205.53, requires from the employee, not a full vouching, but the evidence that they incurred an overnight stay in a hotel via a receipt; if this employer evidencing requirement will give rise to any difference between the c…
Ruth Coppinger Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Housing
88. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will bring forward legislative change to allow for those who are pregnant or who have recently given birth to apply for a postal vote in all elections and referenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52166/25]
Ruth Coppinger Oral 30 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
16. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [49986/25]