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Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: I was just about to conclude. I outlined the position regarding Mr. O'Brien to explain why the Taoiseach got the reception he did on the northside of Dublin last week.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: Will the Minister meet Unite?

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: Unite.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: Will the Minister investigate them?

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister should get the Tánaiste to ask the Department of Social Protection to do it.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: There is only one union here - the Unite union.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: No, these workers-----

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: It is taking too long.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: How can the Minister, as a member of the Labour Party, have allowed this strike go on for the past few months? Several Deputies have already brought it to her attention. She will not give a commitment tonight to withhold funds from an employer. I know the Labour Party has fallen in recent years. I will give the Minister examples of the sums of money owed by this employer to these workers....

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome workers from the Rhatigan site, who are in the Visitors Gallery. These workers from the Kishoge community college site in Lucan have endured months of absolute hardship and poverty in all weathers. They have been locked out by their employer and are owed thousands of euro in wages. We welcome the opportunity to bring this issue to the attention of the Minister for Education and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach should bring Mr. Denis O'Brien with him.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol: Motion (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: I had hoped to ask the Minister about water charges which is the main issue on the minds of everyone in the country. However, I have been told that my query is not in order.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol: Motion (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: Shall I take it that the Minister has no news he would like to give us on the issue?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol: Motion (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: I ask the Minister to give a commitment to come back at a very early stage.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol: Motion (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: He might want to reply.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol: Motion (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: No.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 108. To ask the Minister for Health in order to honour Ireland's positive human rights obligation not to interfere with the right to obtain the highest possible standard of health, if he will make the appropriate changes to allow mifepristone and misoprostol to be available here, in view of their inclusion on the World Health Organization's list of essential medicines. [42794/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 157. To ask the Taoiseach the average cuts paid by his Department and the bodies under his aegis to recruitment and temporary employment agencies, that is, the proportion of the fee paid from State funding to such agencies that is received by the worker and the proportion by the agency. [42862/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Abortion Legislation (11 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and the locations of any representations made between 26 and 30 October 2014 to the State's embassies and consulates seeking a change in Ireland's laws on the termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42972/14]

Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: They did not. They did not listen.