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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I understood that we could discuss the amendments together but I do not mind if people want to discuss them separately. We are just moving and withdrawing the amendments to re-enter them on Report Stage.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes. There are a lot of amendments but most of them are small ones.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 10: In page 7, to delete lines 10 to 38, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 12. I withdraw the amendment but will resubmit it on Report Stage.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 33: In page 9, to delete lines 18 to 20.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I am not going to labour the point because we have made all of the points that need to be made about health and noise. I do not imagine the Minister is seriously suggesting we would be kicked out of the European Union if we were to add this provision. Is he? The idea that we must keep something that is 17 years old and cannot update it when we are bringing forward new legislation is farcical.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The whole issue of health and noise is important. It sounds farcical to say we cannot add or strengthen EU regulations. This can be dealt with in several ways by the proposer. We cannot actually write in the regulation but we could list all the things in the regulation on Report Stage if we wanted to. There would be nothing to stop us doing that. It is ridiculous. Perhaps that could be...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I wish to raise what I believe is the first test case for the new abortion legislation. I have been contacted by a woman who has a fatal foetal abnormality that has been certified by two consultants. It appears that the board of the Coombe Hospital is refusing her constitutional right, that we all voted for, to have an abortion at a time she chooses. Instead, they have told her she must...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I ask the Ceann Comhairle's discretion on behalf of this woman. This is a very important case.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: This is about the law. If the Ceann Comhairle does not mind-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: A main maternity hospital in the capital city of this country is refusing this woman her constitutional right when two doctors certify what is very clearly a fatal foetal abnormality. It would seem that it is because of the chilling effect of criminalisation that maternity hospitals are acting in this way. It should not be forgotten that the Rotunda is only enforcing the law to 11 weeks, a...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I am asking the Tánaiste to get the Minister to meet this woman today. She should not have to pay to travel, which is what she is talking about doing if she does not have her constitutional rights affirmed.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: They are not implementing the law. That is the point. That is why we raised it.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: On a point of order, we are entitled to raise promised legislation, including when a law is not being implemented.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: You have overstepped now, if you do not mind me saying it. We are entitled to raise new legislation that is not being implemented.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes, we are.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Of course they are.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: A Ceann Comhairle, you have had milk sheds and cow sheds and you have had cases raised here every day. This is new legislation that the entire country voted for.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: There are problems with it and we are entitled, as Deputies, to bring it up here.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I am amazed that you said that. We are entitled to bring this up.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Is the Tánaiste going to contact the maternity hospitals about implementing the law?