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 28 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 28 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 28 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 28 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Oral 16 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 16 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 16 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 16 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 16 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 15 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 15 Jul 2026 · to Taoiseach
62. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will next meet. [50912/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 15 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 15 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 15 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 15 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 15 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 9 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 1 Jul 2026 · 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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
339. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider reforms to the means test for SUSI grants to include significant financial commitments such as mortgage and rent costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50073/26]
Ruth Coppinger Oral 30 Jun 2026 · to Taoiseach
2. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet [46895/26]