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- Domestic Violence: Statements (11 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I am sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. It seems to be the time of year again when the Dáil has its annual set piece on domestic violence. It is usually late into an evening. Usually, it is in the run-up to Christmas and usually it follows International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This is also the time of year when women in violent relationships live in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (11 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the MindOut mental health programme in secondary schools; the areas in which the programme is being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52076/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Minority Sports and Women's Participation in Sport: Discussion. (11 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I offer my congratulations to the team on an amazing achievement. It is the first Irish team to reach a world cup final. I watched the final, as most members probably did, or at least the highlights thereof. It was a significant boost for women and women's sport as well as for hockey. Women's participation in sport is the overarching theme of this meeting. Some of the greatest figures in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Minority Sports and Women's Participation in Sport: Discussion. (11 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I am glad that Hockey Ireland has a more expansionary outlook because it would be a great sport for people to play. One would think that surely if we are good at hurling, we would be good at hockey because it is about hand-eye co-ordination. We were also good at cricket in the 1800s. Hockey can only get better the more people who play it. We could achieve even more. Well done again to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: What about funding for the Blanchardstown refuge?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: How long will we have for each question?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Could we have a bit longer because-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I was going to make a point about the Citizens' Assembly on gender equality. There are a huge number of issues-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: -----that we are not getting a chance to raise.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: When will we get a chance to discuss this Citizens' Assembly?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Will there be another opportunity to discuss this matter in the Dáil?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I have also submitted a question. I am just saying that it is very difficult to deal with all the issues of gender inequality in a minute and a half.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It has always been two minutes. I have two minutes' worth of notes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It was last week. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is now cutting it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is a bit of a joke that we are only being given a minute and a half to discuss a Citizens' Assembly on gender equality.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It shows how seriously this issue is being taken.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I was not asking-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is easy for the Deputy to say. He does not care about gender inequality.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I just asked-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy is wasting more time than anyone else, by answering for the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.