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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Why did it do it before?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It does it for all unions.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: That is a shameful response.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students in a community or education and training board school in which the NCCA religious education course is mandatory under circular 0062/2018 have a right to opt out of that subject in line with Article 44.2.4o of the Constitution or section 30(2)(e) of the Education Act 1998; if provision will be made to exercise the right to opt out...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I am glad to hear Deputies raising issues in west Dublin. It is a bit mystifying that when transport is planned, the areas that have grown in population, as has been outlined, are left completely bereft. I am delighted, by the way, about the MetroLink to Swords because Swords is a hugely growing area as well. I feel, however, that this is being done more to make it easier for people to get...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Ms Graham has referred to available bus services, but to travel from Ongar to the city centre takes one hour and 20 minutes at peak time. It is not acceptable for people to be shoved out to areas and told there is a bus service. Anywhere beyond a certain mileage, the NTA should consider light rail. The industrial parks do not have proper bus services, people are driving in from all over...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: How could it not be necessary when the population has doubled since the 1990s?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I might take Ms Graham on a few journeys to Blanchardstown and show her that the bus service is not sufficient.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I do not want to take up the whole meeting, but the NTA knows that will not solve the problem because traffic gets clogged up in places such as Stoneybatter. It would not be the quickest route. Through the Phoenix Park would be the best route if the NTA wanted to plonk a Luas line through it. We would then be in and out of town quickly. Private transport uses it constantly, but there is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Homelessness Strategy (28 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: 4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures being taken to protect the welfare of homeless children by her Department and agencies reporting to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14604/19]
- Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Absolutely.
- Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Sort out the debts then.
- Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister said earlier on radio that we could not force people to sell with a tenant in situ. He said the same thing again here tonight. He said the value of the property of that owner would fall by 20% to 30%. I want to examine that claim with him. Does he have proof that would happen, given the dearth of available housing? Given the shortage of housing, would selling a house with a...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: This is the first national ambulance strike and it is happening on the watch of this Government. I have come straight from the picket line and I am scratching my head and wondering why a group of emergency workers is being abused in this way over something that seems quite simple. Why is the Taoiseach able to write to Kylie Minogue asking for a meeting but is unable to write a letter to the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is an outrageous salary.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The workers we are talking about earn every cent of their pay. The ambulance workers earn their money.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Inter-union matters have nothing to do with the Tánaiste. He should recognise the union they choose.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. My first question relates to Sport Ireland's regulatory role. There is a slight contradiction in the opening statement, in which Sport Ireland is at pains to stress it is not a regulatory body yet the Sport Ireland Act confers considerable authority on it and, according to the opening statement, this is reinforced by responsibility for investing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is self-regulation.