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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: There will be 20,000 jobs going.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I also welcome that events are not, as one previous speaker noted, being "played out on the streets" of Northern Ireland in the way they used to be. Unfortunately, the agreement signed in Stormont is called A Fresh Start: The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan but it is not a fresh start for the ordinary people of Northern Ireland. It is a continuation of the sectarian politics that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I am just finishing now. They will take place in education, health and justice. "Structural reform" is troika language for major cuts. These cuts and reforms will lead to services closing and benefits being cut. We have already seen how the Belfast City Hospital accident and emergency department has been closed and there is a threat to the Mater Hospital accident and emergency department...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: We need a new non-sectarian left party that will mobilise communities against these cuts and link with workers in Britain fighting the Tory cuts as well.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when his last meeting with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, took place, prior to Mr. Robinson's resignation as First Minister. [31783/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Before we begin, I have one point I wish to raise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I did not mind that. I did mind, however, when the Chairman commented as I spoke to my colleague. I did not know there was a silence restriction on us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: May I make a suggestion? At the rate we are going, we will not get through the six members who have questions while the Minister is here. Three Ministers have come in and answered one question at length. Could we take questions from three or four members and then have them answered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I thought we had agreed that we would all be able to ask our questions and that the Ministers would then respond after a number of members-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: What amount of time remains?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister said that social housing continues to be a top priority. As we have very little time, I will focus on that topic. There is no evidence that social housing is a top priority. The Minister's figures are constantly shifting. I wish to clarify the spending figures. I have all of the data with me on the number of new social houses that are being produced. The Minister said...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (24 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the petition organised by Pavee Point (details supplied). [41170/15]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome the Bill in that it will bring changes to section 37 of the Employment Equality Act, which have been sought by many groups, including trade unions, teachers unions, in particular, and LGBT groups. However, the provisions in the Bill are still very inadequate. The Anti-Austerity Alliance introduced a Bill some months ago in Private Members' time to repeal section 37 and it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (19 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of video footage from a protest (details supplied) in Gorey in County Wexford which indicates excessive use of a baton by a member of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41042/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the raid on a hospital in Hebron in Palestine by Israeli security forces that resulted in the death of a Palestinian man. [41043/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the raid by Israeli security forces on a hospital in Hebron in Palestine that resulted in the death of a Palestinian man with the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41044/15]

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I too welcome people affected by the housing emergency to the Gallery. I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, who came into the Chamber recently. I hope he can stay off his phone and stop his conversation with the junior Minister for long enough to give due respect to the people here and to us. Some of the contributions from the Government side were...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Government is taking its time.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Summits (18 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on her participation in the Valetta summit on migration held in Malta on 11 and 12 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40813/15]