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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (22 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will revise the eligibility criteria for carer's benefit in view of the fact that carers may not have full employment records in the 26 weeks prior to formally taking up full-time caring duties (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43509/19]

Living Wage: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 3:To delete all words after “not to increase the national minimum wage; and” and substitute the following:“—introduce a minimum wage of €12.30 per hour in 2020 as a step towards €15 per hour.”

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The EU has been put forward as the force that will safeguard the interests of people on this island during Brexit. Yet it has played a role in the Spanish state's horrendous actions in Catalonia, not only during the referendum but also in the draconian imprisonment of its people. Seven pro-independence leaders have been sentenced to between ten and 12 years in prison by an EU country. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I failed to get an answer on this issue. A €70 million cut in the capital budget for education was announced the day after the budget. As the Taoiseach knows well, approximately ten projects in Dublin West, and I am sure other TDs know of others, are awaiting new school buildings or repair of school buildings. I refer to projects like Corduff national schools, Edmund Rice Schools...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: That is two.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: There is no fear of that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: What are the options?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: We are Brexited out.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment will next meet. [38543/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach is not exactly acting as if his house is on fire given that the committee is due to meet only once before the end of the year. Apart from the increase in the carbon tax, which the Government levied across the board on all workers and the disabled and which is, therefore, regressive, what real measures has the Government taken to deal with the biggest crisis facing the planet? ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I will finish on this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Will the Cabinet consider free public transport, which has been pioneered in many cities and in Luxembourg?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The workers pay for Brexit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: As the Taoiseach knows, a very popular referendum was held in this country last year, with a record number of people turning out to vote. Thousands of us campaigned for many years for the right to abortion services in Ireland. However, it now transpires that just over half of the country's 19 maternity units are providing full abortion services, namely, the three Dublin maternity hospitals...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with religious leaders on 4 July 2019 and the matters that were discussed. [38542/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes, it is because the State would not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It was easy when they had slave labour.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: That is what Deputy Barry is doing by raising this question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Exactly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Hear, hear.