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Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: When will there be a debate on the water charges?

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: It is unbelievable when the people-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach raised the question of gender equality. I am the only woman present in the Chamber, but I have only ten seconds.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach listed a significant number of issues on which there will be referendums, including, laughably, gender equality. However, the one issue he did not mention was a repeal of the eighth amendment. How can we have gender equality when a woman is equated to a foetus? Ireland is the only country in Europe where this happens. Do women's lives matter? Does their health matter?...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: Some 56% of people believe the eighth amendment should be repealed in the lifetime of the Government. The Taoiseach is bringing people out to vote on a range of important issues, but none of these issues is more important than the issue of women's lives.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: We have seen victims of the eighth amendment this year, but when is the Taoiseach going to let people concentrate on a 31 year old amendment?

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: No.

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: It is amazing what marches can do.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the cuts to the respite care grant in the upcoming Finance Bill. [41685/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department plans to reverse the cuts in rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41684/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if existing participants of community service programmes are entitled to continue to claim secondary benefits from her Department; if she will outline the rules on eligibility for secondary benefits. [41226/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 282. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 17 September 2014, if he is in favour of a change to the EU VAT directive and relevant orders to allow for a zero rate of VAT for the purchase of defibrillators for community and sporting organisations. [41297/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 600. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent decision of the Irish nursing and midwifery board to increase registration fees for nurses and midwives; his views on the INMB taking into account the ability of nurses and midwives to pay the fee increases prior to making decisions of the level of fees; and if he will amend legislation to allow him to intervene to cap and-or reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 599. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres available for use in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the number of operating theatres that are in use; the number of surgeons and other medical professionals working in the theatres; the amount of spare capacity in the operating theatres; and the numbers of patients on the waiting list for surgery at this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 674. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous questions on the matter, the latest preparations for any possible cases of Ebola in the State. [41437/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (4 Nov 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: 988. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 14 October 2014, his views on the amendment of section 8 of the Electoral Act 1992 to allow for the unilateral granting of the right to vote in elections to Dáil Éireann for all non-Irish citizens in view the larger numbers of such persons living and working in the...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: We should be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: Can I ask a follow-up question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: The question is in regard to cost per person. The figures given relate to the cost per head - they are per capita. Page 11 shows that the witnesses have come up with studies carried out in Dublin showing that a second person will use one third of the water a first person uses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: It is here on page 11 - I refer to a study carried out by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.