Results 3,321-3,340 of 6,877 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Unjust law.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Yesterday, the Taoiseach confessed that he went on national television, gave an inaccurate account and that he never actually had a conversation with a Minister. It was false memory syndrome, as psychologists call it. The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality also had another problematic conversation with another Deputy. He had one version and she had another. It is not...
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I will just correct what has been said.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: The AAA-PBP group sent its support for the motion so I do not know where Deputy Ryan has got his information.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: We sent our assent to the motion so the record should be corrected.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: No, that is wrong. Deputy Ryan's understanding is completely wrong.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I hope I will get a little more leeway to finish my point because I was interrupted twice. We sent our support for the motion that was circulated.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Our understanding is that the Government did not want to sign up to it.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: A couple of parties-----
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: At this point the Government still supports the idea of the Taoiseach going to the White House. We know the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, does not, but the rest of the Cabinet does. We know Fianna Fáil supports the idea of the Taoiseach going to the White House.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: I would like to know also where Sinn Féin stands because on the morning that Trump was elected, Deputy Adams said in the Dáil that he hoped he would play a positive and progressive role in world affairs. That was the statement he made. I know that Sinn Féin issued an invitation to the North but I hope Sinn Féin has moved on by now and will also agree that the Taoiseach...
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It was remarked that AAA-PBP Deputies were not present. One third of our group is present for this debate.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Obviously, Fianna Fáil has only bothered to send one of its Deputies.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: It is difficult when one is in a small party to bilocate from committees, etc.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: Hopefully, the Deputy will discover the joys of being in a small party some day.
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: In calling for this debate two weeks ago when the Muslim ban - let us face it, that is what it was - was initiated, we and other Deputies wanted to send a message to Donald Trump about his racist policies not being acceptable. The question of airports remains relevant. Some of the impetus has been taken from the debate by the brilliant protests, which gave the three judges who blocked...
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: They will not be in the room. That is great. Steve Bannon from the so-called alt-right, who is trying to rebrand racism and make it more palatable, is homophobic and believes in a hierarchy of races, genders and religions. He is the most anti-woman person one could ever meet. He believes that every telegraph pole in the south should be festooned with a Confederate flag. These are the...
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: There was an attempt to move an all-party motion, but it would seem that the Government did not want to sign up to it. It is strange that the Taoiseach will look Trump in the eye when he will not even send a message about the executive orders. It just does not bear thinking about. We know-----
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Garda Investigations (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an inquiry into the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7667/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: General Elections Expenditure (15 Feb 2017)
Ruth Coppinger: 182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of registered post for ballot papers in the National University of Ireland constituency in the general election to Seanad Éireann in 2016. [7694/17]