Results 4,621-4,640 of 7,216 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: 703. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the involvement of his Department officials at a farm (details supplied) where cattle were reportedly killed. [21237/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: 841. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on the involvement of members of the Defence Forces at a farm (details supplied) where cattle were reportedly shot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21235/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: 842. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times members of the Defence Forces have been involved in repossessions or bankruptcy seizures in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21236/16]
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Is the Deputy saying the older teachers should pay?
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: That is interesting.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy should stick to FEMPI.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: So you want to change public sector pay scales?
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Cut the top pay scales then.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I wanted to contribute to this debate because, obviously, I was a public servant, a teacher, at the time the FEMPI measures were enforced. There are many public servants and teachers following this debate with interest. There would have more of them in the Gallery had the debate not commenced earlier than scheduled. Statistics published last night show that the rent situation in this...
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Exactly.
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Just say it is adjourned.
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: That is bollocks. Sorry. That is untrue.
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: It is completely untrue.
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Sorry, but it is completely untrue that any councillors voted against social housing.
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Could the time just not be extended?
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: We are running ahead of time.
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: It is the ISIF-NTMA way of funding housing.
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister may want to comment because we had a problem identifying this off balance sheet model. Nobody could do it. This is the questionable off balance sheet way that is being used by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, lately, including the Quadrant Real Estate Advisors fund which was used in the liquidation of Clerys as well. I want to raise another element quickly, that...
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: We are told that the traditional way of building housing for those who needed it was through local authorities down through the years. After the biggest housing crisis, and the last one we had was in the 1970s, that was how it was done. That will be minimised under this new off balance sheet way because the Minister will have to finance his housing development. It is not because everybody...
- Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: -----but it has been surprising and disappointing that Sinn Féin has bought into it as well.