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Building Standards, Regulations and Homeowner Protection: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: This motion is given added poignancy by the disaster in Grenfell in London, and I extend my sympathies to all affected. What it showed was class, race and, as has been said, corporate manslaughter, and one of the issues is the outsourcing of public housing to private companies, a process which is happening here. The Dáil and the housing committee in particular should get a report and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: What about the Apple tax issue?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Not even Hugh Grant would say it was his finest hour.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: That is fine.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The romantic poets are my favourite.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We promised to get rid of water charges and we did.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contact with other heads of government. [27222/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Maybe I can take an extra half a minute for Deputy Barry's question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thought the Leas-Cheann Comhairle would be liberal. I wanted to first ask the Taoiseach about his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May. The Taoiseach seemed a bit star struck in Downing Street. He quoted one of the worst films ever made.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I wonder, in between all of that, did the Taoiseach have time to ask Mrs. May what at this point is probably the biggest question on the lips of most of the population in Britain, that is, is she going to resign? I wonder if they had time to discuss the outcome of the election in Britain. Increasingly, what we saw in the election was an endorsement of left and socialist policies and I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I will just finish. The Taoiseach spoke by phone with President Macron. In terms of the populist vote, where stands the Taoiseach's Minister, who talked about one-in-eight seats being for populist parties including Jeremy Corbyn? He seemed to be including those who put principled-left positions in a populist camp, which is very unprincipled.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: We stand for the complete opposite.

Ceisteanna - Questions (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: How long do we get to speak? Can we work that out now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I was at another committee meeting when they made them. The issue of short-term lettings has been raised in the Dáil on many occasions by various people. While companies such as Airbnb are having an obvious impact, I think they are becoming a convenient scapegoat to be thrown up as a reason for the housing shortage. We do not have Airbnb...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not purely a city centre issue because it affects other areas of desirability. I am not minimising it. I get irritated because I think it is raised as an issue far too frequently. I think that, in general, the use of accommodation to make money in life is awful. I would be in a minority in this Dáil in that regard. Most Deputies are in favour of such activity. I would not be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry; the Chairman probably said that earlier. I do not mean to suggest he will not be here. We will have to raise this issue with him because it is clear that the current approach is not working.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the reason contraception is not available through health insurance; if he has discussed this matter with health insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the governance arrangements of St. Vincent's hospital and the national maternity hospital following its relocation to Elm Park, Dublin in view of the recent announcement by the religious Sisters of Charity to not be directly involved in St. Vincent's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (21 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if there are standards around the time it takes to make an investigation into allegations regarding HSE employees in view of the fact that employees are often suspended from employment pending an investigation which results in time out of employment and in the case of agency workers this can result in no income (details supplied). [29194/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the regulations surrounding the student universal support grant in order that if a family's only income is from Department of Social Protection payments this will not place a student over the threshold for the special rate for disadvantaged students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26582/17]