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- Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Much of the Bill is uncontroversial. It is technical amendments to legislation etc. As other Deputies have said, there are elements of this Bill which display a contempt and despisement for the poor and working-class people or those who may be reliant on social welfare. I will come back to the name and shame policy shortly as I want to refer to a couple of other sections first. Section 5...
- Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: A company the Minister was involved in did all those things, and yet that has not happened.
- Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister can answer. I will continue. Should companies that are struck off by the Companies Registration Office for not filing accounts be allowed back on the register very quickly? The reason I ask these questions, as the Minister is aware, is that the hypocrisy is rank. It is not just the Minister, Deputy Doherty. There are many Deputies in this Dáil who have been involved in...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It does not seem to concern the Government that a child was seizure-free for nine days.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I am sure they have heard worse.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Has the Deputy ever heard the word "kip" before?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It was not meant to be like that. There was meant to be much more money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I thank Mr. Keyes for coming along today. I come from the pyrite capital of the country and am very interested in whoever runs the board. Most pyrite has occurred in Fingal because of the quarries located there. There are three or four estates in Mulhuddart, where I live, within a proximity of 100 m, that are riddled with pyrite, including my estate. I first became aware of this problem...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: The building regulations have been updated since the pyrite scourge began. Is Mr. Keyes satisfied that they will prevent pyrite again? Are they sufficiently vigilant from the quarry to the site? I have spoken to some engineers who think they are inadequate. If he is successful in his role, that may be something we can discuss with Mr. Keyes in greater depth in six months' time. I have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Previous speakers have said that the local authorities have been verbally bashed in the Dáil. One hears it quite a bit and it is an effort to put the blame on local councils. I am not one of those Deputies either but I shall be quite critical about some of the issues that have been raised. I shall focus on Fingal because I am based in the area. I am not just being parochial because,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I wish to raise a point of order. We have had four people asking questions. Rather than taking another two-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: If just one more person is being called, that is grand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: This has been a long meeting. People have to go into the Dáil for business that is coming up. The questions I asked were directed to the officials from Fingal County Council. I mean no offence when I suggest that rather than taking all the people to whom we have already listened, we should ensure questions are responded to by those to whom they pertain, if possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: If the officials are answering questions, they-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I might have to leave before my questions are answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It is a little bit unfair. I put preparation in to asking those questions, as did Deputy Ó Broin. He has had to leave. Could we not take the questions in the form and order in which they were asked?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: No offence, but people who came in later are getting their questions answered while people who-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: To clarify, I am referring to any housing that was built by the council and then passed over to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities (13 Jul 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I know they are.