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Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Okay. The key issue is the Parliament has made an error. As my colleague, Deputy Murphy, said, if things like this had been put in it might have been spotted earlier. There are reason we use these devices to put them in. I do not get the idea that it will add work for civil servants if the legislation is being drafted. People would be happy about it. If the Minister is willing to assure...

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We agree to withdraw it on that basis.

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 1:1. In page 3, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“5. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 23:“23A. Within six months of the coming into operation of the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018, the Minister and the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection shall have...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I had intended to wait and speak to the amendment but I will make some points now. It was shocking to people to discover that three years on from the historic referendum this matter is not addressed in legislation. We have received calls from people we know who cannot be properly recognised as the parents of their children. It was news to a lot of people that this had not been properly...

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: On the same matter-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Obviously we have seen a draft of the legislation but there are a couple of glaring issues. Abortion should be fully decriminalised. We still retain a 14-year jail sentence for somebody who might assist somebody to have an abortion at 13 weeks, for example, which is really dangerous. It will have a chilling effect on doctors and could end up endangering women's health. A 72-hour waiting...

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Those really need to be looked at.

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: What about decriminalisation?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 35. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with the British Prime Minister or British officials on matters related to Northern Ireland. [28835/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Papal Visit (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Office of Public Works for the Pope's visit in August 2018. [31173/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if inspectors have visited fur farms to inspect the welfare of mink in view of their semi-aquatic nature and the recent hot weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31383/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the prohibition of fur farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31384/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Tomorrow, workers in Dublin and in many other places will have to take to the picket lines again at Lloyds pharmacies. They are mainly women and they are low paid. They are striking for better pay, for a sick pay scheme that does not exist - imagine that, in a pharmacy - for better work conditions and against zero-hour contracts. They are striking for union recognition, something the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: ------and ask them to boycott Lloyds tomorrow in a one-day show of support for these women workers?

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It is to do with union recognition and zero-hour contracts legislation. You let every Tom, Dick and Harry talk about other types of things.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It is about laws to help workers.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It does not deal with union recognition.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: What is the rush? It has been there for 80 years.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Equality (5 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on measures to eliminate the gender pay gap; when he expects a Bill on this matter to progress through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29666/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy (5 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the implementation of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29665/18]