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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We do.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I also wish a happy Christmas to all the workers in the Dáil. The ushers and catering staff are fantastic and supportive workers. For only the second time in the union's hundred year history the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, has voted to take strike action in the new year. The 95% vote in favour was a hugely resounding result, through which they join teachers and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: -----that the 18 wealthiest people in this country have €60 billion between them. The corporation tax receipts which the Taoiseach-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It is very important to point it out.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Is it not the reality that determined strike action is what is needed to force the Government to pay nurses and teachers?

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I participated in the debate that took place in July and when Deputy O'Dea put his amendment; I believe it was on the last sitting day of the session. The Minister was very annoyed at the time, but it received much support from different Deputies who had been receiving reports for a long time from affected workers, especially in the building industry. The practice has been rampant on some...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We could have brought forward our Prohibition of Bogus Self-Employment Bill. Our impression, when the Minister left the House that summer's evening, was that she was going to bring forward a Bill. She has been talking about that for ages. Even before this Bill, there was talk of a bogus self-employment Bill. I do not know why the Minister has not done that. It has been posed here that we...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We would have happily sat down with the unions but we did not get that contact. We came here to keep this in the Bill and I have not had time to hear from any unions. There are building workers and many others, including journalists, who are affected by this. This issue of the bogusly self-employed applies to other industries. We cannot accept the Minister's word. It is not a case of...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The work was done for the Minister. Deputy O'Dea did the work.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children aged between three and five years, inclusive, and six years or over who are in receipt of the home tuition grant for the 2018-19 school year nationally and in west County Dublin, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53851/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if the prohibition of the use of vaginal mesh will be upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53849/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that will be given to those seeking to have vaginal mesh removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53850/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Data (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the inclusion of rents charged by housing associations in the rent index published by the Residential Tenancies Board in view of the fact that it may distort the calculation of the average standardised rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Data (19 Dec 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the level of compliance by landlords in informing the Residential Tenancies Board of rent increases excluding renewal tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53916/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Spread the cost of it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I ask that the Business Committee consider scheduling time this week or next week for a report from the Minister for Health on how new abortion services are working. The reason is that it is historic legislation but three problems are emerging, including the safety of staff and women attending their own general practitioner, GP, provision-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Can I make my case, which I should be entitled to do for a minute?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The Ceann Comhairle said the Business Committee was meeting. I will speak on Wednesday if the Ceann Comhairle prefers but thought it would be better to do so now. The Topical Issue debates tomorrow or Thursday could instead be a time where the Minister could come in and report. There are serious issues emerging where women cannot get access because of the opt-in service that is emerging...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The whole Dáil is allowed to say something about the business as well.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Faced with historic industrial action by nurses, midwives and psychiatric nurses, is it not time to repeal the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act and acknowledge that, when rents are increasing by 15% per annum, when there are record corporation tax receipts and when we are in economic recovery, it is the Taoiseach's ideological opposition to workers of all kinds,...