Ruth Coppinger

2069. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42535/26]

2498. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to reconsider the funding priorities stated in the current Research Ireland Strategy given concerns that have been raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43430/26]

111. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the need for a second special school in the Dublin west area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40381/26]

123. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to report on the provision of additional needs education places in the Dublin west area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40385/26]

168. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reversing the decision to cut staff at a DEIS plus school in the Coolock area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40386/26]

169. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to report on her Department's work to ensure an appropriate additional needs place for every child who needs it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40384/26]

185. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to report on capital investment in the provision of additional needs education supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40387/26]

390. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the importance of ensuring that all public places are accessible; if he will ensure that planning permission and building control sign off by local authorities is contingent on compliance with part M accessibility in practice in particular step-free access and at least one unisex accessible toilet; if local authority supports to businesses will be conditional on full accessibility compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40893/26]

391. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support introducing a requirement that all new public facing premises and any premises undergoing refurbishment provide as a minimum a step-free access and at least one accessible unisex toilet; if he will review premises where refurbishment has been done in the past five years for compliance with accessibility requirements; if he will support the align existing planning, building control, licensing, and public funding mechanisms to require and enforce accessibility compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40894/26]

443. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite the join family visa of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41102/26]

483. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will support the standardising and publishing of accessibility information on step-free access and toilet availability for public venues to allow people plan access in advance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40895/26]

11. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will meet next. [36988/26]

226. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 6 May 2026, if passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and who are resident in Northern Ireland or overseas are required to provide two years' proof of use of their new name when applying for a passport whether as first-time or renewal applicants; if so, the legal basis for applying this requirement to GRC holders given that section 11(2)(a)(b) of the Passports Act 2008, as amended by section 38 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015, does not reference any such additional requirement and given that GRC holders resident in the State are not subject to this requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38723/26]

264. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 6 May 2026, if passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and who are resident in Northern Ireland or overseas are required to provide two years' proof of use of their new name when applying for a passport (whether as first-time or renewal applicants); and if so, the legal basis for applying this requirement to GRC holders given that section 11(2)(a)(b) of the Passports Act 2008, as amended by section 38 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015, does not reference any such additional requirement and given that GRC holders resident in the State are not subject to this requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39533/26]

275. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will review the procedures in the issuing of passports to ensure that widowed parents are not obliged to repeatedly submit death certificates and sworn affidavits every time their child's passport is renewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40176/26]

280. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a timeline for the enactment of the General Scheme for the Maritime Area Planning (Marine Protected Areas) (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39610/26]

519. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to report on the application renewal of a work permit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39530/26]

520. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to report on the application renewal of a work permit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39531/26]

521. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment in instances where the approval an application for the renewal of a work permit is significantly delayed through no fault of the permit holder but eventually approved and where the successful renewal is accompanied by a higher minimum annual remuneration and if that higher minimum annual remuneration be back dated to the time of the prior permit's expiration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39576/26]

631. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that a one-year extension has been granted to the new Leaving Certificate English specification at the request of the State Examinations Commission, if she will consider an extension to Irish, given that according to experts and many Irish language and educational groups a two-year extension would allow full CEFR alignment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40136/26]

632. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she supports full CEFR alignment for the Irish curricula in primary and secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40137/26]

633. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that 20% of those sitting the junior certificate in 2025 had an exemption for Irish her views on whether this as a very high rate; if she will consider measures including supports for schools to reduce this figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40138/26]

916. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has been informed of the outcome of an investigation by officers in Rásaíocht Con Éireann, into complaints of animal cruelty at a Rasaiocht Con Eireann licensed kennel in the west of Ireland (details supplied); the outcome of this investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39635/26]

1365. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the supports available for a person (details supplied) to gain access to surgery aboard given issues that have been raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39509/26]

1514. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports for families who wish to raise their children as native Irish speakers from birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40140/26]