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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Every day people in Gaza play what is called "the hunger games". After two months without a shred of food, milk, medicine or flour coming into the territory, they brave Israeli army bullets at feeding stations that have been set up, for the chance of a bag of flour, a tin of food or whatever for their starving families. We had indelible images from the Holocaust. These will be the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: It has become a significant transit point for the US military since 9/11. The RTÉ news data, for example, reported 2,000 applications for exemptions, of which only 0.1% were refused. Literally millions of US troops have passed through Shannon Airport in the past 20 years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Shannon Airport is a de facto military base and the US is financing the genocide on Gaza. Will the Tánaiste pull that lever and stop the US army from using Shannon Airport?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I did not say that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: You are, but I did not say it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Stick to the question on the occupied territories Bill.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The point of my contribution was that we are the second biggest trader with Israel. It is worth €3.3 billion. The occupied territories Bill is a fraction of that. It is a welcome step. The question is why the Government is not moving forward the whole occupied territories Bill that was originally proposed in the Dáil six years ago. It was unanimously or certainly...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: For 20 months, we have all known that what has been going on is wrong and very little has been done by Ireland-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: -----to use the levers. The levers are there, but is the Government willing to pull them?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The first lever is the occupied territories Bill. The Government needs to move it and make sure the Bill gets in before the recess. However, there are other issues such as Shannon Airport and the Bill on the Israeli war bonds, which the Tánaiste and members of Government voted down. The bar is low in the EU. There is no point in comparing yourself to them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: This is about a neutral country standing up for the people of Palestine.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: You are collaborators with the Israeli regime.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: You are seen as that by Palestinians.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Talk to Palestinians.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Last night, the "Natasha" documentary on RTÉ charted what happened to Natasha O'Brien. It was a valuable documentary. I want the Tánaiste to take seriously the case of a woman who has spoken to me and who was abused by an Army member. He used his Army position, military surveillance, Army guns and even a grenade to threaten her and her family. He told this woman that he was...

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The problem with this legislation is defining who are the terrorists in the world right now. The biggest terrorists in the world right now are Israel, the US and Russia. There are many other terrorist states also but they are the big three. To the best of my knowledge, the Government has only condemned one, which is Russia. We are trading and dealing with Israel. We are the second...

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (26 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Perhaps I could comment on the general maintenance of the Special Criminal Court and the idea of maintaining trials without juries. It is ironic that we talked last month about the counselling notes issue and the Minister said it would be unconstitutional because of the pressing right to a fair trial in our Constitution, yet we can have non-jury trials. How does he match that up? Rape...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the redesignation of all mild general learning disability schools as complex needs schools; if she will pause redesignations pending consultation and a review involving parents and teachers; if she will ensure that those pupils in existing mild general learning disabilities schools will have the specialist supports that they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (24 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the possibility of learning support teachers (SET) who do not have Irish language qualifications to be able to work in schools where all their pupils are not learning Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (24 Jun 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider legal or policy changes to allow State agencies and courts to be able to refer abusers to structured, long-term rehabilitation programs that include therapy, behaviour change, and psychological oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33607/25]