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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (5 Feb 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress with regard to establishing a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5062/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: One would think the most dangerous thing in the world was-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. One would think that the most dangerous thing to happen in Ireland was the public sector pay deal unravelling but there is massive wealth in society. ICTU tells us today that chief executive officer, CEO, pay is climbing by 6%. Three people in this economy own €29 billion in wealth. There is not just a little pie for the health service. There is a huge...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Tax wealth.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The Tánaiste said our kind of politics will bankrupt the country. His Government is doing a pretty good job with a housing crisis, a health crisis and all the other crises it has created. He cannot go around boasting about Ireland being the best performing economy and saying there is no money. He simply cannot do both. There is a huge amount of wealth available. He is just not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It seems that no worker is entitled to break out of the public service pay agreement without being punished. What kind of a democracy is that when someone finds they cannot live as rents rise relentlessly around them?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: If the Tánaiste really respects nurses, do not plámás them with a pat on the back. Give them pay parity with other skilled graduates. That is what they need and that is what they deserve.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: They have been waiting for years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: "Nursing is becoming a passport", "Who will look after us when we get old?", and "How come they can pay bondholders, but not nurses?", are three comments that nurses made to me yesterday. There were recurring themes on the dozens of picket lines visited by myself and my Socialist Party colleagues. We heard of nurses that have no time to talk to patients, which is a fundamental of being a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not a lot according to the consultant on radio yesterday.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The programme for Government refers to improving health. In that context, it is vital that the health service is able to retain nurses. The Taoiseach has suggested that the nurses' action is very unfair on patients but he must know that patients will blame him, not nurses, for what will happen tomorrow. The idea that appointments were never cancelled before, until nurses went on strike,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The Ceann Comhairle did not mention Wednesday.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I was going to raise a question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I will raise it about Thursday's business.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It is obvious that we are facing into a strike of national historic importance tomorrow. The Dáil must be given an opportunity to discuss this strike and question the Government on its tactics. While some people had the opportunity on Leaders' Questions, that does not apply to the entire Dáil. If the strike goes ahead tomorrow-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry, I am making a proposal that if the strike goes ahead tomorrow and is not averted that Dáil time be allocated to it. Some of the statements the Taoiseach made today are frankly laughable and daft. It sets the Government on a suicide mission with the nurses. We need an opportunity to discuss it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I propose that on Thursday if the strike goes ahead tomorrow we must-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The Business Committee should discuss time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Pathetic.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: We do not support Apple getting its money back.