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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Okay. However, there are still motions tabled and------
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: ------people should not be surprised if, following discussion, members say we should go on to consider motions or if other people------
- Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Opposition to water charges is Trotskyism.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: For swimming pools. We have said it previously.
- Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It is strange that we are here on a quiet morning with very few people present for a debate on what was one of the most politically toxic issues in Ireland, the issue of the water charges. It must stick in the craw of the Taoiseach and a number of other people at the top of Fine Gael to have to refund people and effectively declare the end of water charges. I will split my speech in two....
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (18 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the conduct of An Garda Síochána in relation to a domestic violence case (details supplied) that relates to the killing of a member of An Garda Síochána in Omeath, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (17 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on dramatically reducing the cost of child care to parents while also increasing wages of workers in the child care sector; the steps she will take to achieve this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43757/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (17 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to eliminate child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43754/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I want to ask a number of questions. If a woman in one of the witnesses' surgeries decides on an abortion, have the witnesses ever told them it is illegal and they cannot have an abortion in this country? Has that woman ever said, "Okay, I won't have an abortion then"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: What I meant was, if a doctor says that to a woman, is it likely to put a woman off having an abortion? We regularly hear it argued in Ireland that the eighth amendment stops people having abortions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: The point I was getting at is whether the witnesses think the fact it is illegal has ever stopped a woman from having an abortion. I will move on. If a woman tells Dr. O'Shea or Dr. Hanley that she does not have the money to travel but has made up her mind to have an abortion, are they allowed to say anything about the availability of medical abortion pills which would save her that journey?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: If such a woman is leaving the surgery in poverty or is in an abusive relationship, are there things she may do to try to end the pregnancy? Are the witnesses aware of such situations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: The example the witness gave is actually a typical situation. We had a presentation yesterday from Dr. Abigail Aiken about the use of abortion pills and the studies she has done on woman. The example was given of Sandra, who is 38 and has three children. A lot of people think it is women who have never had a child who tend to have abortions. The example the witness gave is typical. Two...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: That means about 76% of GPs probably believe it should be available to some or all women. That study was done in September 2012. Is there anything more up to date? The study predates the death of Savita Halappanavar.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Following on from Senator Ruane's point about what would ideally happen in a surgery, I have been in surgeries and I can see how, if a doctor is under pressure with a lot of people sitting outside waiting, the scenario might not be as ideal as the one outlined. GPs are instructed to give non-directive advice but if a GP is opposed to abortion is he or she seriously going to have it as an option?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I will correct a point. To be accurate, nothing in Dr. Aiken's study stated that 43% of women were ill at ease afterwards.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It is important that information like that not go out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Will we get the chance to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Does the Deputy have that information there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Crisis Pregnancy and Primary Care: Irish College of General Practitioners (12 Oct 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I wish to raise a final point on the public session meeting. I am not trying to delay us.