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Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Catholic schools did not give out the non-Catholic information.

Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: They should not. They are not there to prioritise rugby.

Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." We live in a State where it is legal to keep a child out of school based on the religion of his or her parents or the lack of religion. We live in a State where people of different religions work and live side by side but schools tend to segregate them. In surveys, 71% of people in the State have indicated that church bodies should have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Code of Ethics (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports of video footage of a vulnerable person (details supplied) being circulated on social media by a member of An Garda Síochána; the steps she will take on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23270/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (16 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on local authorities not spending allocated funds for Traveller accommodation; the steps he will take to ensure that these funds are spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22757/17]

Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann: Sitting in Joint Committee - Exchange of views with Mr. Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator of the Taskforce for the Preparation and Conduct of Negotiations with the United Kingdom (11 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. Solidarity also must stand against the consensus expressed by Mr. Barnier and most of the other parties. The growing alienation against the EU - which Mr. Barnier has labelled "populism" - is actually largely a reaction to years of a neo-liberal agenda within the EU that has favoured the interests of big business and banks against those of workers and the poor....

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach promised there would be legislation in regard to the Citizens' Assembly and to abortion, yet the committee that was meant to be established has not yet been convened. When will it be finalised? It seems the delay is that the Taoiseach's party and potentially Fianna Fáil cannot find enough Deputies to fill their allocation. If the two big parties are not interested, could...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: This is unbelievable. The names were meant to be given in before Easter. It seems to me that parties that have not done that should forfeit their places. Why should they be allowed on the committee if they did not meet the deadline? As the Taoiseach knows, given the Citizens' Assembly was his brainchild, the assembly reported weeks ago. This committee should have been convened and...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Are they being defrauded by the Department of Social Protection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: The census data are invaluable and not only for housing. They also show major social trends such as those being discussed in the case of religion. On housing, it is worth drawing out a couple of trends and statistics and drawing conclusions from them. Otherwise, why are we in the housing committee discussing them? There are more than 245,000 vacant units. This figure represents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I know that, but we are not having an academic discussion. I am speaking about the housing committee using the information provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing in Ireland - Census 2016 Results: Central Statistics Office (10 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am discussing the matter with everybody on the committee. I want to make this point because I do not want to hear again about Airbnb causing the housing crisis; talk about clutching at straws. The reasons there is a housing crisis are the three reasons I have outlined . Nothing has been done about rent, nothing is being built and the vacant units are being allowed to sit there. Airbnb is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (9 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will alter the manner in which resitting of the PSV test for taxi drivers is done in order that those failing one module do not have to resit both modules when resitting the test. [21612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (9 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will alter the manner in which feedback is given to those who fail the PSV test for taxi drivers in order that there is a question by question result rather than by topic. [21613/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I obviously support the Bill and happily signed it. There has been huge concern in the opposition to water charges that the final intention was to privatise water. It is not an idle concern; it is an obvious one. It happened with bin services that once charges were introduced, the services were eventually privatised. When we had these debates in the Dáil it was said that nobody in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: When will the Government move into the 21st century?

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Was the Citizen's Assembly a waste of time then?

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sure it is.

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: I hope the Minister will answer this on his second chance. I know it is coming back to a committee and to the Oireachtas. My question was if members of Fine Gael will implement these findings or if will they ignore them. When they get onto the committee, will they seek to respect the deliberations of the Citizens' Assembly, or will they seek to water them down? The Minister and many other...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: Obviously I would prefer if it was the Taoiseach answering today, no offence, because I wanted to ask him his views on two words which have not been uttered in the Dáil since it reported, namely, the Citizens' Assembly. Last autumn, the Taoiseach set up the Citizens' Assembly. He made it very clear it would do a first-class job. Ten days ago, the assembly finished its deliberations...