Results 681-700 of 6,881 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: What has that got to do with water charges?
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: It is a 16 year old.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I never referred to the gardaí as "dogs". I was using a figure of speech.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: If the dawn chorus over there could stay quiet for a minute, I was using a figure of speech - not referring to the gardaí.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but the expression I used was "Call off the dogs of war on people in Jobstown". It was nothing to do with the gardaí.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: In reacting to the arrests last week, arising from the protest in Jobstown, the Taoiseach stated the matter was entirely one for the Garda, which is completely independent of the Government. Will he expand on this view in the light of the arrests over seven days of residents of Tallaght? The Government is not totally separate from the Garda or, for that matter, the Judiciary. It hires and...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I will read a short segment which describes how he feels about being asked to intervene in the water charges issue. He states:What is really bringing the Gardai into disrepute is not the water charge protesters, but the government that is using us against them. As a Garda, I am to prevent protesting the installation of water meters, but as a worker, I am not paying when the...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I completely reject the Taoiseach's comments. Not all of the approximately 350 groups protesting against the water charges come under the auspices of the Anti-Austerity Alliance. Ongoing commentary in the media and sections of the establishment suggests the protest in Jobstown went beyond the Pale, perhaps because the Tánaiste is female or because she was delayed for two hours.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Is it not understandable the protests have taken on a different character from previous ones, given what people have endured for six long years?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I refer, in particular, to what has been done in communities such as west Tallaght where I worked as a teacher for 11 years.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: The cuts made by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection hit child benefit, the lone parent allowance, rent supplement and a whole host of other areas.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: It may explain the reason people are so angry.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach may wish to consider the deployment of Garda resources in parts of County Mayo.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I did not get a chance to speak.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Several months ago 1 million people watched an RTE programme which showed women being assaulted in the Áras Attracta nursing home, yet no arrests have been made.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: That is a supplementary question.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Why have no arrests been made in the Áras Attracta case?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I am being continually interrupted.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I am explaining my question.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: If the Ceann Comhairle stops interrupting me, I will ask my question.