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

Ruth Coppinger: -----and the State in this country, if the Ceann Comhairle does not mind. It is very relevant.

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

Ruth Coppinger: My point is it is part of a pattern. It has been continued and it has not ended. Previous speakers who the Ceann Comhairle may not have heard of, claimed that this is in our dark past. Finally, what is the State dishing up to lone parents and, as they used to be termed, so-called "unmarried mothers"? Austerity is what they are dishing up. Lone parents have been the biggest victims of...

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....

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: When?

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I have the figures here. It is outlined in the Social Housing Strategy 2020 that the Government will invest €2.2 billion from 2015 to 2017, inclusive. That works out at a capital investment in social housing averaging €733 million a year. In 2010, the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government invested €980.6 million on social affordable housing. Therefore, this...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new social homes that are targeted to be built by the local authorities in 2015 and 2016 arising from the Government's housing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3650/15]

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how many social homes will be built by local authorities in 2015 and 2016 arising from the Government's housing strategy. The information that I have received indicates that it will be nowhere near the numbers outlined in the strategy. Will the Minister provide a breakdown by local authority of the number of homes...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: If the Minister could provide a breakdown by local authority, that would be even more helpful. Let me get this straight: he anticipates 22,300 housing in the housing strategy but indicates that 1,400 houses will be built next year. That is far below the target he outlined previously. We should not fool people out there who are desperate. The 2,000 units to be leased from private landlords...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (28 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the increase in processing time in family re-unification visas due to lack of resources and a higher volume of applications; if she will increase the resources to minimise the hardship on separated families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3983/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (28 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 96. To ask the Minister for Health if he will alter medical card guidelines in order that those under 26 years of age who are in receipt of less than €164 per week are ineligible for medical cards as they are deemed dependent on parents (details supplied). [4013/15]

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Why is the Taoiseach more at home with the global elites and the billionaires representing the 1% who gathered in Davos and with whom he rubs shoulders each year?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Why did he immediately reject the idea of a debt conference, as raised by Syriza? Surely that would be an opportunity to outline the injustice of the savage austerity imposed on the people of Ireland, Greece, Spain, etc. It would be a chance to show how all of this was done to salvage the rule of the international banks and tycoons. It would be an opportunity to audit wealth and separate...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Will he now call on the IMF and the European elites to respect the mandate given to Syriza?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Will he and the Labour Party take note of the fate that befell other parties that made excuses about why they had to impose these debts on people? I refer to parties such as PASOK, which has now been annihilated. Will he also recognise that what is coming down the line with the potential election of Podemos in Spain will be reflected in Ireland if he continues with the hated water charges...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Stretching the debt over a long period of time will not reduce it. It will, in fact, increase it. Everybody knows that if one extends a mortgage it simply means one pays more. All that the Government has achieved is to put the burden on children who have not yet been born. In contrast, at least Syriza has raised the prospect that a totally unsustainable debt, which was foisted on the...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It is quite incredible that the Taoiseach does not seem to realise that last weekend in Davos he lined up with the wealthy and vested interests. Amazingly, there were flags flying at half mast for a Saudi tyrant, yet he was very lukewarm about the election of the first anti-austerity regime in Europe.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Syriza has shown up the complete failure of the Labour Party and Fine Gael to stick by their pre-election promises of burning bondholders, with slogans such as "It's Labour's way or Frankfurt's way." They have been found out by a left-wing government in Greece which will stick to its promises, refuse to accept debt being placed on the shoulders of working class people and demand that the...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I assume the Taoiseach will not be joining the Anti-Austerity Alliance in sending heartiest congratulations to Syriza and to the millions of unemployed workers and oppressed people of Greece who have elected it to power. I make this assumption because of his lacklustre response to the election of the first anti-austerity government in Europe. His remarks about Europe drifting to populism...

Other Questions: School Staffing (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I will allow the next question to be taken.

Other Questions: School Staffing (27 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I do not intend to take the question.