Results 2,561-2,580 of 6,901 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It is a bit ridiculous. I understand that the committee agreed it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: We each have three minutes to question the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: There is hardly a plethora of people gagging to speak here. The Vice Chairman should be reasonable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: That is the Minister's opinion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It is, it is a particular opinion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Was the issue of landbanks examined at the summit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: We have no councillors in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It is a housing problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: The Government should build some houses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: That is so, but the Minister has not done anything to prevent such situations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: There should be emergency legislation to stop evictions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I thank the Chair. The Minister might think the meeting is getting a bit tetchy. This is the most significant crisis in the country. One would expect a full Press Gallery to be present when the Minister is present to answer to the housing committee. Unfortunately the issue blows hot and cold in the media. It is sexy for one or two weeks then it goes off the boil again. Some people here...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I was not referring to that. There was a special housing and homeless committee that met last summer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: That was not the impression. The Minister is extremely sensitive. I do not know who has been advising the Minister and the Taoiseach but perhaps they should do a few yoga lessons or something.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (28 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 26. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the non-provision of medication, such as the contraceptive pill, in State funded hospitals that have a religious-based ethos (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I thank all the speakers for their presentations and contributions. In reference to an earlier point, the speakers were asked here for their legal opinions. They were asked to give a range of opinions and people giving opinions is not banned in the committee. In fact, we all had the option of recommending and suggesting people to give their opinions. My questions relate to what was...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Is it not time we grasped the nettle and faced reality?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Does the Taoiseach agree that the timing of this will be very important? He said May or June but for young people, who will most affected by the outcome of the referendum, May would be the optimal time as it was in the marriage equality referendum, rather than a time when students are on the move. We await what comes out of the Dáil committee, of which I am a member. I have heard...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I have another 16 seconds.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: They must be able to focus on the committee as a critical way to get the change we need.