• Solidarity TD for Dublin West
• Entered the Dáil on 23 May 2014 — Byelection
• Email me whenever Ruth Coppinger speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff Data, Departmental Staff Remuneration, Foreign Conflicts, Animal Welfare, Departmental Expenditure

(based on written questions asked by Ruth Coppinger and answered by departments)

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

“Does a woman or person abused by someone in the Army have the same rights as other victims? The victims of crime Act 2017 does not apply to the Army. It applies to the Garda but not to the Army. In June, I raised a case here with the Tánaiste about a woman who was stalked, abused and assaulted by an Army officer. He used Army equipment, even an Army grenade, as part of that...”

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

“I got an acknowledgement.”

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (16 Oct 2025)

“We can all do what we will with figures but the reality is that families and students now are paying €500 more than they were for the last two years. That is the reality because of the removal of the once-off measures and when we take into account the increase in costs, in rents in particular. The average cost of going to college in Dublin, for example, increased this year to...”

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• Has spoken in 139 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 291 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 24 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Ruth Coppinger speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 635 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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