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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Approximately 170,000 people participate in soccer every week, yet the funding it receives does not compare with that for other sports. It receives €2.9 million, despite almost 200,000 people playing. Greyhound racing receives €16 million, while white-water rafting will receive €22 million from the taxpayer through Dublin City Council. The allocation to soccer,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: However, all of those sports have other sources of funding as well. For example-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: An example that comes to my mind is the Minister's cheerleading of a grant of €130,000 to a private rugby school. Not many people will benefit from that. The reality is that soccer and football are the most popular sports in the country but soccer does not get the level of State support that many other sports do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: With all due respect to the Minister of State, that is absolute rubbish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I will tell the Minister of State if he stops shouting over me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I will tell the Minister of State if he will let the sound of other voices occasionally-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: RTÉ did an exposé, for example-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I know that because I heard the Minister of State being interviewed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister of State likes the sound of his voice. Will he not listen to one sentence from me?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: When I was on Fingal County Council, it was well documented that more middle class areas got more sports grants, and that continues to be the case. I am making this point without derailing the whole discussion. It would be helpful if I could get answers to the other questions asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: May I have an answer regarding the SFAI's hiring of a corporate box at the Aviva Stadium?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Where did it get the money from for the corporate box?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Solidarity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: What is the order now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I have to leave at 2 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: All of us have been here since 9 a.m..
- Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (18 Dec 2024)
Ruth Coppinger: I feel that in rallying behind its selection for Ceann Comhairle, it could be the first and last rally for women that the next government is likely to do when it comes in. I will be opposing the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael nominee for Taoiseach, whenever they decide to put one forward. They are the parties that do not care that young people are leaving this country in droves, along with...
- Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (18 Dec 2024)
Ruth Coppinger: I want to make the point that I will be abstaining on that nomination simply because we do not have a real prospect of an alternative government.
- Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (18 Dec 2024)
Ruth Coppinger: Given the recent moves to the right that Sinn Féin has made-----
- Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (18 Dec 2024)
Ruth Coppinger: Okay. They are turning their backs on vulnerable groups like trans young people and denying them healthcare, and on refugees. This makes it very difficult to give them a free pass.