Results 861-880 of 6,881 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I would like 30 seconds to sum up. It is ridiculous to have a limit when there is no objection.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: There is the 12-month cohabitation period.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Presumably they would know if they wanted to know.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I thought that was ruled out of order. Is it in order?
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry. I thought it had been ruled out of order. I move amendment No. 49:In page 37, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“(2) The Minister shall report to Dáil Éireann 12 months following the enactment of this Act on the impact of the changes to guardianship outlined in this section, and in the drafting of the report to consult with groups and...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Partner.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Nobody said that.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: We have had a good airing of the issues. I accept what the Minister has said as it will take a while to set up and if the Minister is giving a commitment that there will be a review within two years. Hopefully, that will carry on to the next Government regardless of whether the Minister is in office. There are significant changes in the Bill. It would have been better if there had been a...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to expand the use of renewable energy. [10511/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and the Health Service Executive on homeless services from 2010 to 2014. [10778/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (12 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: 248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department and local authorities on homeless services from 2010 to 2014. [10777/15]
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I move:“That Dáil Éireann:notes:— that from 1 April, one week from now, the first bills for water charges will start to be sent out to householders around the country; — that water charges are another austerity tax arising from the bailout of major banks, bondholders, developers and the European financial markets system from their disastrous gambling in the...
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I will speak for ten minutes and Deputy Paul Murphy will then speak for ten minutes.
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: In moving the motion on behalf of the Anti-Austerity Alliance and the Socialist Party this evening, we are offering the Government the chance to withdraw the water charges, which are hated and reviled throughout the country. We are also offering it the chance to disband Irish Water. It is a bottomless pit which has eaten up €539 million in water meters, €85 million in...
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: -----and a €238 water charge. In actuality, it has introduced a €260 water charge, a higher figure than what it claimed Fine Gael would stand over. Labour has given people that and broken every other promise that it made. I strongly advise Fine Gael and, in particular, the Labour Party to avail of this opportunity to withdraw the water charges and to vote for our motion,...
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: That is rubbish.
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Could the Acting Chairman stop this talking? We want a debate.
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Has the Minister ever heard of the Labour Party?
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Exactly. That is our point.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (24 Mar 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: 168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to have a lower rate of social welfare payment for adults under 25 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11248/15]