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Written Answers — Department of Health: Constitutional Amendments (15 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 45. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Constitutional referenda in 2018. [47720/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Constitutional Amendments (15 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 88. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his progress in assisting with the drafting of abortion legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48173/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (15 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on Ireland having the second highest third level fees in Europe (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48274/17]

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: This is a report on the future of health care. We all know that Ireland has been in the dark ages for a long time in respect of reproductive health care. It is extremely disappointing that this report has practically no reference to reproductive health care at all, that is, to contraception and abortion. A total of 51% of the population are women who potentially may become pregnant and who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (21 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make changes in legislation that would give rights to employees (details supplied) in cases in which there is a status red weather alert in an area in order to prevent dangerous travel to work and to protect income for lost work resulting from such a weather alert; and if she will make a statement on the...

Leaders’ Questions (22 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Where?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: He supports this Bill as well. One can do two things at the one time.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Deputy Cowen does not get out a lot then.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The last time I debated with the Minister of State in the House, he made the astounding statement about our international reputation on homelessness. A constituent wrote an email to me about that and I wish to read a little of it before I give my presentation. She wrote:Dear Taoiseach, I write this email to convey my concern and absolute disagreement with recent comments made by Eileen...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to begin by congratulating the Government for breaking a record - the highest number of rough sleepers since records began ten years ago, as my colleagues have said, with 184 in Dublin on one night plus 50 in the Merchants Quay café who were not able to get somewhere. They are not counted, by the way, in the Department's official homelessness report of October 2017, which counts...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: -----in the country were acquired, everyone would have a house. That is the solution. We have a proposal regarding Dublin West, which is the Taoiseach's constituency, and I challenge the Minister of State to support it. The council has sat on 90 acres of land in the greater Blanchardstown area for a number of years and has not devised a development plan. We could comfortably build at...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is about Ministers.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not convenient.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The humility shown here today is astounding.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: When is he making it?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: No. Obviously we registered our position at the Business Committee. How can it be acceptable when a Minister resigns or is effectively sacked, another Minister has questions has questions to answer and the Taoiseach himself has questions to answer that there is no place for the matter to be discussed in the Dáil today? Not everybody can participate in Leaders' Questions, but there are...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: How was it acceptable for a Minister to come in and answer questions for all parties and why can it not be done this week? I appeal to other parties and individual Deputies not to allow this bureaucratic manoeuvre to quash debate. Clearly, the big two parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, have decided to press down the lid on this matter, but it certainly is not enough for people outside...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: This relates to the Order of Business. Nothing was said at the Business Committee about the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and his answering questions is not on the agenda. It is not good enough for an apology to be made. There really are serious issues. Even some of the points the Taoiseach made-----

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: He basically excused the Minister and said there had been a feeding frenzy.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It is utterly unacceptable. We will not allow this matter to rest until it is put on the agenda. Is it not great how Fianna Fáil has handed over its no confidence motion time for Government business? There is nothing to be seen here-----