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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Abortion Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy is the Minister for Health.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Abortion Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Is he concerned the Citizens' Assembly has not even got around to discussing abortion on the grounds of health after four meetings? Has he done anything about that? When does he believe it will get around to discussing it? It will be five years since the death of Ms Savita Halappanavar in October and we still do not have abortion for what led to Savita's death. Abortion does not exist in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Abortion Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: That was over 30 years ago.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Abortion Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am wearing a "repeal" shirt and I hope the censorship that is ongoing with the camera work avoiding showing it will end. A side angle shot is being used. We should not censor the word "repeal" in the Dáil and people should be able to state it. I am wearing it because I have just been on O'Connell Bridge, where thousands of young people in particular and mainly young women are saying...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Abortion Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 17. To ask the Minister for Health his views on allowing access to abortion in circumstances in which a woman's physical or mental health is at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12199/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Abortion Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: On International Women's Day, I want to ask the Minister whether he thinks women's health matters as much as men's health in this country. If so, he must have been shocked by a recent report drawn up by a professor of psychiatry at Trinity College showing that women's mental and physical health is being affected by the ban on abortion in this country. Does the Minister intend to hasten the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 38. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) with a pharmaceutical company; his views on the National Plan for Rare Diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 64. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of access to scans for pregnant women; his plans to enable access for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12074/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 90. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for essential medicines; if any additional leverage can be exerted on companies with operations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12075/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 102. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the availability of pre exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, to prevent HIV transmissions, in view of the continuing rise in infections in 2016 and the fact that ten persons a week are now contracting HIV and the effectiveness of PrEP in dramatically reducing HIV transmissions in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 111. To ask the Minister for Health his views on allowing access to the abortion pill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12073/17]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: She is not a mother.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: A woman is not a mother unless she has a baby.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am a woman and I know the difference.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Outrageous. It is an embarrassment.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Is the Minister not embarrassed reading that?

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am very happy to support this Bill. In March 2016, only a year ago, Mr. Donald Trump, on his campaign trail, made the statement that women should suffer some form of punishment for having an abortion. That statement led to an absolute outcry in the United States. Among all the outrageous statements Mr. Donald Trump made, this was the least acceptable to the general population. Mr....

Commission of Investigation into the Grace case: Motion (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: This is certainly one of the most disturbing issues any Deputy has come across. As others have said, it is not in the distant past. It is in the quite recent past and in the present reality. The case of Grace and the others who were in the foster home in the south east has angered and shocked many people. Aside from the apparent abuse that took place in the home in question, the most...

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: It was said in the context of the attitude of the people who ran these orders towards the children who were meant to be in their care but who were considered children of sin.

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am glad the issue is being discussed on Thursday but I also question if two hours is sufficient. 3 o’clock The issue has serious repercussions. On Thursday, the Taoiseach should come here and make a statement about the criminal action that will be taken against the perpetrators who ran these homes and the repercussions for education, given that over 90% of primary schools are...