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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence have been for many years seeking a ban on counselling notes being used in trials because it is so traumatising and damaging. This weekend, Jacqueline Connolly, the sister of Clodagh Hawe, who was murdered along with her children by her husband, spoke about a priest who pleaded confessional privilege who had vital information relating to those...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: We need an end to this practice, not to leave it in the hands of a judge.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The mere fact-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: -----one's counselling notes can be seized is what is traumatic and damaging.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I am just finishing the sentence.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I was interrupted because they were all talking during it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I was not sure if the Taoiseach could hear me, so I stopped.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: And it is not good enough. It is not ending the practice. It is just-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: But they clearly are.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: We cannot wait.

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Once again, this is a Bill that has had to be brought before the Dáil because the Irish Government persists with this illusion that people have the right to union representation. It is Orwellian that you have the right to join a union but your employer does not have to recognise it, so you really do not have a right. If the Government is serious about workers' rights, this is a key...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The UK Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a woman impacts trans and intersex people in Northern Ireland. Many of them are living in fear and being driven out of public life, which is the intent of the judgment. The DUP has said that it will look at guidelines for schools, which means there could be further attacks on the rights of trans people. Many of these are eligible to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [19931/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (13 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Care of older people is very important and is generally privatised in terms of nursing homes. The workers who provide this service in nursing homes are essential workers. Many of them were brought over on a special work permit in which the Government was involved. I ask the Taoiseach on a humanitarian basis to listen to the issues raised by these workers. Their wages are too low to allow...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (13 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [22105/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request clarification from the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding the clinical basis and evidence used to describe spina bifida as a "life-limiting condition" in its recent report on paediatric spinal surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24042/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (13 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 146. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on reducing the waiting list for accessing Children's Disability Network teams in Dublin West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24041/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if the commitment made in the 2020 Programme for Government regarding the implementation of an informed consent model for hormone replacement therapy for transgender individuals has been rolled back by the current Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24040/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request confirmation from Children’s Health Ireland that all paediatric orthopaedic consultants currently operating on children with complex needs, such as spina bifida, have completed the recommended two-year paediatric fellowship training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24043/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 May 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 231. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request from Children’s Health Ireland details of the procedures in place for the handling and storage of medical devices that have failed in paediatric patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24044/25]