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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I apologise for being late as there was a community event in my area I had to attend. I hope I will not repeat what others have said and will try to focus on the social housing pillar. Homelessness is an international problem and is evident in every country. A baby died on the streets in Portland, Oregon, which is in the richest country on the planet, and homelessness is at a phenomenal...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I will finish on that point. Is it this year or next year? This year seems like an absolute impossibility but is that the plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: How much for example would the Department give Fingal and the various councils? Everyone here is asking the same question, namely, why is there a gap between the councils and the money that the Department says is available. How much has the Department given them? We want to go back and tell them the Department says they have X million euro and ask why they are not developing those sites.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (18 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself with the processes in place to determine patronage of new schools, particularly in areas with religious and cultural diversity in the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2005/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interventions his Department makes to assist the educational needs of asylum seekers and refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2004/17]
- Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Well done, Minister.
- Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Therefore, they will do nine instead of 15.
- Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: What about Tyrrelstown?
- Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: So much for the Tyrrelstown amendment.
- Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: We could have a referendum.
- Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Exactly. That is the kind of law we have in this society. The rights to private property are such that nine tenants equal one landlord. There is something seriously wrong with such a society. We should take on board the fact that STAVE supports the Bill. The Government makes a number of points in the amendment it has tabled. Essentially, it states it has now done enough to stop these...
- Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: There are many get-out clauses included in the amendment. Last night it was put to the Minister on RTE television that the impression had been given that he had given some commitment to the Strand tenants in Limerick that they would not be affected if the sales went ahead. It is possibly because the vulture fund has strong connections with NAMA and the Government. Will the Minister do...
- Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett. I want to explain once again how necessary and urgent this type of legislation is in order to stop what is now a homelessness epidemic. We are running out of descriptions for what we are facing in terms of housing and homelessness. Some 6,985 people are now homeless, and...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: You are being very proper, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Sorry, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry, but may I raise a question on the Order of Business? I did not realise-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It relates to the second item of today's business.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I thought that the Ceann Comhairle was just dealing with the first item. I did not realise that it included the second item.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Okay.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: The issue that I wanted to raise pertained to the Order of Business and many Members may not have been aware of it. The Dáil reform committee has proposed to change Standing Order 156. It is being proposed that this matter will be taken without debate, but we cannot agree to that. While it was agreed at the committee, Members should be alerted to what it means. Speaking times on...