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- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I will read a short segment which describes how he feels about being asked to intervene in the water charges issue. He states:What is really bringing the Gardai into disrepute is not the water charge protesters, but the government that is using us against them. As a Garda, I am to prevent protesting the installation of water meters, but as a worker, I am not paying when the...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I completely reject the Taoiseach's comments. Not all of the approximately 350 groups protesting against the water charges come under the auspices of the Anti-Austerity Alliance. Ongoing commentary in the media and sections of the establishment suggests the protest in Jobstown went beyond the Pale, perhaps because the Tánaiste is female or because she was delayed for two hours.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Is it not understandable the protests have taken on a different character from previous ones, given what people have endured for six long years?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I refer, in particular, to what has been done in communities such as west Tallaght where I worked as a teacher for 11 years.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: The cuts made by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection hit child benefit, the lone parent allowance, rent supplement and a whole host of other areas.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: It may explain the reason people are so angry.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach may wish to consider the deployment of Garda resources in parts of County Mayo.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I did not get a chance to speak.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Several months ago 1 million people watched an RTE programme which showed women being assaulted in the Áras Attracta nursing home, yet no arrests have been made.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: That is a supplementary question.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Why have no arrests been made in the Áras Attracta case?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I am being continually interrupted.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I am explaining my question.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: If the Ceann Comhairle stops interrupting me, I will ask my question.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I can pass on to the Taoiseach the letter I received from a garda. The reason he wrote to me-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach asked if I knew the garda and the reason he had written to me.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: I have repeatedly been interrupted.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: Am I allowed to ask a question about policing and what the Taoiseach said?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: That is what I am doing. This is unbelievable.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
Ruth Coppinger: The point the garda makes in his letter is that gardaí are being asked to go to civil protests in the heart of communities to act on behalf of the Government in the implementation of water charges and on behalf of companies in the installation of water meters. Many gardaí are not happy in doing this. Far from defending the Garda last week, the Taoiseach was defending Government...