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Criminal Law (Prohibition of the Disclosure of Counselling Records) Bill 2025: First Stage (29 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 in the interests of balancing the right to privacy, the right to healthcare and the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prohibit the disclosure of counselling records in criminal proceedings in criminal trials for sexual offences; and to provide for related matters. I...

Criminal Law (Prohibition of the Disclosure of Counselling Records) Bill 2025: First Stage (29 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Serious allegations were made about the policing of a protest by Mothers Against Genocide. Since then, TDs like me have been accused of not telling the truth. More seriously, women involved in the protest have been made out to be liars by the Garda Commissioner and by the Minister for Justice. I want to clarify the situation. What does the Taoiseach think about this turn in policing? We...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I am aware of that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: They were not named.

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: This is a litany of systemic failures. It is not one incident here or there. Issues include non-medical springs being used, unnecessary hip operations being carried out, defective equipment repair mechanisms with regard to X-rays, IT - Wi-Fi used in the chemotherapy unit rather than having its own Internet - and infection rates way above the norms. These have been brought to light by...

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Previous speakers referred to obesity, screen time for children, children not getting enough sleep and the importance of playing football. That was quite incredible in the context of a debate designed to deal with a succession of ongoing failures at CHI. I do not want to partake in hyperbole, particularly as health workers are the absolute salt of the earth. Everybody who has any...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the parents and campaigners to the Gallery. I have seen these women at the Dáil more than I have seen some TDs. That is how often they are here. They are absolute heroes for campaigning for their kids in this way. I will mention Dublin 15 because some may be under the illusion that the pilot project in the area has done something magical. It absolutely has not. As has...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I hope the Tánaiste can clarify exactly what our position on the Palestinian state is because I am genuinely baffled. On one hand, we recognise the Palestinian state, we support the Palestinian people and we support the ICJ case but, on the other hand, Congressman Brian Mast was hosted in Leinster House last week. He believes all Palestinians are guilty, including Gazan babies. We...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Why are protestors being attacked by the Garda?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I hope the Tánaiste looks into it.

International Workers’ Day: Statements (1 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: It is regrettable the Minister is not here. There are very few debates or discussions on workers in this Dáil and he should be here. I particularly wanted to ask him - he should come back before the end of the debate - to apologise to workers for the insult he delivered to teachers, who are a huge section of the workforce in this country. He invited somebody who was basically an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will state the progress on the DART+ West project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21431/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (30 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing and amending the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for companies that operate in illegal Israeli settlements. [21413/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is appropriate for staff of the Irish Prison Service to attend an event that includes a keynote address by a senior official in the Israeli prison service (details supplied); if he will ensure that members of staff of the Israeli prison service do not visit any prisons in this State; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (1 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 377. To ask the Minister for Health to review the policy of the roll out of the new functional neurological disorder team and expand its roll out to a wider area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22014/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Would the Minister agree that his Government's record on housing over the first 100 days has been an unmitigated disaster? A total of 15,376 people are in emergency accommodation, housing completions are down by 6.7% and social and affordable targets are down by 18%. These are figures that the Government knew about before the election but has not yet explained why it stayed quiet about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: With regard to the issues raised about the favoured candidate for the post, the question was whether the Government will investigate these issues, even if the Minister does not want to answer them right now. We do not need a housing tsar to contact Fingal County Council, have a meeting, discuss its needs and then organise the payment for whatever needs to be done. We do not need a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Have those meetings taken place? If they have not, will the Minister organise that they will take place?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Has the Minister met the councils?