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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the demands by the trade union movement for increased pay and an end to pay inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36540/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teachers' Remuneration (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts he or his Department has had with the ASTI regarding the restoration of pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (24 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will invest in places of refuge for victims of domestic violence in order that places available are in line with the practice elsewhere in Europe of one place per 10,000 of the population, in view of the reports of just under 6,000 women being turned away from women's refuges in the past year (details supplied); the steps she will...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy is not the Ceann Comhairle any more.

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Until what time, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle?

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Sorry, I am asking until what time the House will sit.

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: There was a debate on another Bill last night, and there is a debate on this Bill tonight, on the idea of having a plebiscite in Dublin and of having a Dublin mayor for the city and county, which actually exists. I am not opposed to the idea of a plebiscite or a referendum if there is a demand for such but I wish the Government would listen on other matters. This idea has been knocking...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: That is the point I was making. I think it would be highly unlikely. If we take a council like Fingal, which has 40 councillors, and it has to select two people to go forward to this decision making process, how will that be done? Representatives of small parties will certainly not be selected. I am a little surprised that this proposal is emanating from a small party. This is not the...

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The action is against the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I concur with the comments of previous speakers on the epidemic of suicide, but I would like to refer to another epidemic in our society, that of gender-based violence. This Friday women around the world are, for the first time, being asked to go on strike or wear black as part of an international day of action against violence perpetrated against women. One in three women in the world will...

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: They were fine words, but at the same time the Taoiseach has cut funding for Women's Aid by 20%. Women are now in more danger since he came to power than they were before because of the housing crisis, in particular. There are more women who cannot get into refuges and have nowhere to go. Following the recent horrific murder-suicide of an entire family, a woman's memory was completely...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received reports from the Irish embassy in Morocco concerning the recently well publicised death of a fisherman in Hoceima; his views on the police’s role in the person's death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36324/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (23 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has made contact with the President-elect of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump; if he will report on any concerns he may have regarding his foreign policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36323/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (22 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The bulk of my questions were not about the shamrock.

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (22 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Did the Taoiseach discuss the marriage equality referendum?

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (22 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Give us 15 minutes and we will all be happy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (22 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Will we each have a few minutes to ask supplementary questions?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (22 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: One minute each is not much.

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (22 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he has made contact with the President-elect of the United States of America. [34861/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (22 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sure people will sleep soundly in their beds in the knowledge that the custom of presenting the US President with a bowl of shamrock on St. Patrick's Day is set to continue. Everyone was extremely worried about this. I am not sure if the presentation will move from the White House to Trump Tower but perhaps the Taoiseach has some news on that. On a more serious note, people have...