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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Eurozone Crisis (23 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: This question is unbelievably timely. The question on the lips of every working person in this country is why is the Minister reported today in the media as being the toughest negotiator, demanding the Greeks be brought to heel and not be given a just debt solution and a write-down on their debt. This is in total contrast to the ordinary people of this country who demand solidarity be shown...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Eurozone Crisis (23 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Will the Minister confirm if it is true that he insisted that emergency funding and financial support for Greece would be reduced unless it retracted its demands for a sustainable debt write-down? Is that true? Was the Minister on the side of the Germans in demanding that Greece not get a deal? Is the Minister aware there has been a 35% increase in suicides since 2010, directly linked to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (23 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the outsourcing of application and development management services by Allied Irish Banks; his views regarding outsourcing of these services, in view of the central role the bank's payment services and information technology play in the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24508/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (23 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the planned outsourcing of the application and development management section of the information technology division in Allied Irish Banks; if he is concerned regarding the outsourcing of a key sector of the this; and regarding the erosion of job security and working conditions in the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (23 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for terminations of pregnancy that have been made under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013; and the number granted. [24722/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (23 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 660. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will intervene in the sale of the Alfred Beit art collection; if she will report on discussions held with the Alfred Beit Foundation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24723/15]

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: On Tuesday, the Taoiseach said a number of Deputies were being unduly pessimistic about housing. The statement suggests the Taoiseach does not grasp what the previous speaker said, that this is the most serious housing emergency ever faced by the State, bar none. Rents are rocketing and there is a major increase in the number of people reliant on the rental sector. Everybody will have seen...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I do not agree with what was decided.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Minority rights matter.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: To repeal it, to delete it.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I have done so many times.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: If the Tánaiste thinks she is gaining any votes she is wrong. She is alienating women.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It would be nice if the Tánaiste answered a question occasionally.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Despite the best efforts of some to muddy the waters, the United Nations clearly stated Savita Halappanavar would now be alive if there was abortion in this country for health reasons. My question is whether the Tánaiste will now admit that the Government and the Labour Party, in particular, made an error of judgment following that tragedy in 2013. Instead of the conservative option...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Government did not know about the cases that have come up since it came to power. The programme for Government can change. The Labour Party had no problem in changing its policy on many other issues such as water charges and cuts to child benefit. The Tánaiste met Mr. Salil Shetty, but fatal foetal abnormality is not the only issue that needs to be addressed. A very small section...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Some 32 years later, one would have to be 51 years old to have voted in that referendum in 1983 and thus not even of child bearing age. If one were to distil all of the poll findings, they would show a majority in favour of holding a referendum. In fact, Labour Party supporters are most supportive, in that 80% of them are in favour.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Does the Tánaiste agree that young people have also changed their opinion and that they are the ones most impacted on? I cannot believe the Tánaiste is citing what happened in a referendum 32 years ago. It is ironic that she has singled out lone parents for attack since she came to power, given that the Government prohibits abortion. I will happily present her with a petition...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Tánaiste singled them out.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The human rights of women and girls are violated on a daily basis because of a constitution that treats them like child-bearing vessels. In the past week these words have been spoken about Ireland by the secretary general of Amnesty International. They were not about a Third World country or a member state of the European Union but about a state which, ironically, had just the first popular...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (18 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the Comprehensive Linguistic Study on the Usage of Irish in the Gaeltacht 2006 to 2011 by persons (details supplied); and the measures her Department will take, based on this study. [23904/15]