Ruth Coppinger

67. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [13974/25]

115. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education for an update on the Dublin 15 Special Education Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17231/25]

153. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education for an update on additional buildings needed for Danu special school Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17234/25]

163. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education for an update on additional special education classes that are being provided in Dublin West since 2024. [17233/25]

174. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education to report on the need for a multi-gendered, multi-denominational secondary school in the Ashtown Navan Road area in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17232/25]

184. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education to report on a permanent building for Danu special school in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17235/25]

29. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reports his Department has received regarding elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus among elephants in Dublin zoo in 2024; the steps his Department has taken to care for the animals and deter spread; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13737/25]

40. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the checks that are in place to ensure pig farms in the State maintain the highest animal welfare standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13736/25]

72. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport if it is intended to provide funding through his Department to ensure that the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme will pay pension increases to CIÉ pensioners, taking into account that they have not received a pension increase since 2008; alternatively whether this pension scheme will be incorporated into the general public service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15860/25]

88. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Central Bank is not acting in violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, given that the bank is facilitating the sale of Israeli bonds in EU Member States, despite the International Court of Justice ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide and the ongoing South African case at the ICJ which Ireland has joined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15902/25]

193. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants of the widow’s pension who were separated or divorced in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and in to date 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16154/25]

19. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [13704/25]

28. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme in his Department. [9487/25]

293. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport if he will extend the maximum permissible age of all taxis impacted by the Covid pandemic by two years, as was done for those registered in 2014 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15209/25]

174. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will receive received confirmation of his driving test date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14785/25]

285. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the overall budget given to the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme, in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14715/25]

286. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the acquisition cost guidelines will be released to local authorities; if he will insure that these guidelines are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14717/25]

129. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reports his Department has received regarding elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus among elephants in Dublin Zoo in 2024; the steps his Department has taken to care for the animals and deter spread; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13737/25]

140. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the checks in place to ensure pig farms in the State maintain the highest animal welfare standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13736/25]

170. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the processes that were followed in the decision to allow US military Osprey jets fly over Dublin on 26 August 2023; if safety concerns about the aircraft were known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13967/25]

222. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport his views on the estimated number of ‘Ghost buses’ in the Dublin 15 areas in a news report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13410/25]

316. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the issues surrounding the liquidation of a company (details supplied); if he will consider a review to legislation to better protect smaller and non-professional creditors is such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13806/25]

334. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education the budgetary amount allocated to the provision of a range of free, adequate, safe and suitable period products in all educational publicly funded settings, including schools, for 2025; if the service will be continue to be funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14044/25]

403. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that further funding be made available with the utmost urgency to two schools (details supplied). [14064/25]

887. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the budgetary amount allocated to the provision of a range of free, adequate, safe and suitable period products in all educational publicly funded settings including colleges and higher education institutes for 2025; if the service will be continue to be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14778/25]