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Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (29 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 523. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact there is no deferral period for sexually active gay and bisexual persons donating blood in a number of European Union states (details supplied) and there is a review of the deferral period in the United Kingdom, he will review the requirement for a 12 month deferral period here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37022/16]

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Not the temporary committees.

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The purpose of the committee, which the Government is establishing in this motion, is to discuss the commission's recommendations that there should be water charges on the basis of usage. Even this is a row-back of the Government's concessions, under the then Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, that came about because of the movement against water charges.

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I know it is very hard for the Minister to listen but I recommend that he does.

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The chairman or chairwoman of this proposed joint committee will have a crucial influence on what is brought back to the Dáil, which we keep hearing will have the final say. What is likely to come back is presumably what was recommended by the commission and therefore, who the Chairman is and the make-up of the committee matters. From what we can see, the committee is made up of a...

Business of Dáil (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: At what time was it sent?

Business of Dáil (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: This is a point of order.

Business of Dáil (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It is an important point.

Business of Dáil (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Deputy Barry is saying that it is a breach with previous committees.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the demands by the trade union movement for increased pay and an end to pay inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36540/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teachers' Remuneration (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts he or his Department has had with the ASTI regarding the restoration of pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will invest in places of refuge for victims of domestic violence in order that places available are in line with the practice elsewhere in Europe of one place per 10,000 of the population, in view of the reports of just under 6,000 women being turned away from women's refuges in the past year (details supplied); the steps she will...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy is not the Ceann Comhairle any more.

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Until what time, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle?

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Sorry, I am asking until what time the House will sit.

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: There was a debate on another Bill last night, and there is a debate on this Bill tonight, on the idea of having a plebiscite in Dublin and of having a Dublin mayor for the city and county, which actually exists. I am not opposed to the idea of a plebiscite or a referendum if there is a demand for such but I wish the Government would listen on other matters. This idea has been knocking...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: That is the point I was making. I think it would be highly unlikely. If we take a council like Fingal, which has 40 councillors, and it has to select two people to go forward to this decision making process, how will that be done? Representatives of small parties will certainly not be selected. I am a little surprised that this proposal is emanating from a small party. This is not the...

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The action is against the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I concur with the comments of previous speakers on the epidemic of suicide, but I would like to refer to another epidemic in our society, that of gender-based violence. This Friday women around the world are, for the first time, being asked to go on strike or wear black as part of an international day of action against violence perpetrated against women. One in three women in the world will...

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: They were fine words, but at the same time the Taoiseach has cut funding for Women's Aid by 20%. Women are now in more danger since he came to power than they were before because of the housing crisis, in particular. There are more women who cannot get into refuges and have nowhere to go. Following the recent horrific murder-suicide of an entire family, a woman's memory was completely...