Results 21-28 of 28 for magdalen speaker:Ruth Coppinger

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I was not in this Chamber two years ago but I watched on my television as the current Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, made a very moving and impassioned speech to the Magdalen women. In fact, during the course of the speech, the Taoiseach was even moved to tears. However, when we look at what is on offer for those women today we would have to conclude they were crocodile tears, not real tears....

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: ...Government benches are not showing sufficient seriousness regarding this matter either. This is part of a legacy of abuse and oppression of women and children in this State. It runs through the Magdalen laundries, the mother and baby homes and other institutions mentioned previously such as Goldenbridge. It runs through the practice, for example, of symphysiotomy when women were...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Magdalen laundries are not included in the Commission of investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters. [2183/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Dec 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: ...Spain. It is very disappointing that the Labour Party is not here tonight. I ask the party whether it will continue to support the legacy of a Catholic Church-influenced State, the kind of State that led to the Magdalen laundries, the mother-and-baby homes, symphysiotomy, the controlling of women's bodies and the denial of their health care and rights. I call on the Labour Party to...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (18 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: ...asylum should live in a normal environment while their applications are processed. It is time to recognise that direct provision centres, the operation of which has been outsourced to private firms, are similar to the Magdalen laundries. Incidentally, some asylum seekers are living in former convents. This scandal should not continue.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2014: First Stage (25 Sep 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: ...have had to take to the streets to get the Government and the establishment to listen. I hope this march will be very large. Will the Labour Party continue a legacy and culture of a Catholic Church influenced State which allowed the Magdalen laundries, the mother and baby homes and symphysiotomy? Will it stop controlling women’s bodies and lives and allow women their health care...

Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Legislation (18 Sep 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: ...first test and has proven to be completely and utterly barbaric. This is the latest in a long series of the Irish State taking control of women's bodies and their lives. The thread runs from the Magdalen laundries, through the mother and baby homes and on to the practice of symphysiotomy, which led to women having their pelvises broken during childbirth because ideological doctors saw...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Jun 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on extending the terms of reference for the mother and baby homes inquiry to include the Magdalen laundries. [26760/14]