Ruth Coppinger
Oral
103. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a direct route from the Dublin 15 area to Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51872/25]
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Ruth Coppinger
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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
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239
topics asked about
Across 19 departments
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Plus 687 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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Ruth Coppinger
Written
114. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the progress on the Dart+ project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51873/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
143. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the progress on the implementation on the national policy framework for unmanned aircraft systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51874/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
144. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the consultation he will have with residents regarding regulations for unmanned commercial delivery drones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51875/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
166. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied buses have sufficient facilities for disabled people and people with medical needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51871/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
224. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 8 September 2025, the specific issues that led the meeting to be suspended without agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52021/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
355. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will support an increase in Budget 2025 to the Irish language and Gaeltacht from 0.17% of State spending to 0.4% over a 5 year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52051/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
512. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support increasing the number of Irish language medium schools to 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52047/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
513. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider basing Irish-language education on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52048/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
557. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans and timeline to change regulations for small dwellings, such a portacabins, to be built in residential gardens for caring responsibilities and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51409/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
853. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will support the full subsidy of maintenance and reliever therapy inhalers for those with asthma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51313/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
991. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will support the roll-out of free Irish language classes based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to all third level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52049/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
992. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will support increasing the number of Irish language courses at third level to 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52050/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
1003. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will support the restoration of the Gaeltacht housing grant scheme to assist Irish speakers to live in the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52052/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
1004. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will support giving powers to Údarás na Gaeltachta to purchase land and houses to provide for housing and other social and cultural facilities. [52053/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
189. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the State's participation in NATO's Support and Procurement Agency; for a breakdown of all payments to this agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50990/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
277. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the role his Department had in the dispersion of NFL starters kits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50949/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
300. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons given to his Department for the refusal of a school (details supplied) to sign up to the hot meals scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
348. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider approving the use of CAR T-cell therapy in Ireland for those over the age of 26; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51002/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
63. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students with special needs without school places, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50705/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
64. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students with special needs who have been offered school places but have been unable to take them up due to a lack of resources in the schools involved, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50706/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
108. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have been arrested and/or charged with supporting a terrorist organisation under the UK’s Terrorism Act for their support for Palestine Action; to outline the consular support the Irish embassy has given to those arrested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
353. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider making permanent the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50004/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
669. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the grants for hearing aids to cover the full cost of the hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50318/25]
Ruth Coppinger
Written
106. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department has taken to ensure the safety of Irish citizens engaged in the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza from Tunisia, given the dangers involved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48868/25]