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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes. We are about to discuss transport proposals but one glaring omission from the Government's recent publication is the concept of free public transport. Many cities worldwide are moving to free public transport and Luxembourg is the first country to do so in its entirety. This is vital if we are to tackle climate change and meet the demand for less carbon emissions. It would also free...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: It would require investment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: If everyone was to get out of their cars tomorrow, we would not be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Advancing the Low-Carbon Transition in Irish Transport: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I am glad to hear the witnesses are open to the idea of free public transport. I realise that there is a limit to what academics and NGOs can argue for. What the witnesses are arguing for is relatively conservative compared with what other cities have done around free public transport. I am glad the witnesses are open to the idea. The crisis we have is not an ordinary one. I am sure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Advancing the Low-Carbon Transition in Irish Transport: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Free public transport should be free everywhere. On the idea that it would only apply to certain cities, as I have heard that people react like that, one would decide that public transport would be free. Either way, there has to be a considerable enhancement of public transport. On the assertion that people have a choice of cycling, unfortunately, not everybody can cycle to work, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Advancing the Low-Carbon Transition in Irish Transport: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The Green Party did not do it when it was in government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Advancing the Low-Carbon Transition in Irish Transport: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I agree absolutely.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Conditions (18 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 399. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 833 of 26 March 2019, if he will report on the consideration of the report of the working group on the model of care for lymphoedema and lipoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25255/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (18 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of mink skins (details supplied) exported in each of the years 2014 to 2018. [25203/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Veterinary Ireland has stated that mink on fur farms do not have a life worth living in any way. As solitary, wild and semi-aquatic creatures, packing mink into metal cages in groups is alien and unnatural. For that reason, Veterinary Ireland asserts that it is impossible to regulate the fur trade and somehow make it kinder because it is not farming at all. The mink are gassed at six...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I moved First Stage ages ago.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: That is a disgraceful answer. The Bill was moved many months ago. Every Deputy has received numerous emails about it, yet the Minister says that he has not seen it. It is a repeat of the Bill that he voted for in 2005. It is the exact same. I am giving the Government time, as it has 19 days left to consider the matter before we move Second Stage. Will it be a laggard on animal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Why has the Minister changed his mind since 2005?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public consultation on the draft Phoenix Park visitor experience strategic review; when the final document will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Scholarships (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a scholarship (details supplied) in the National University of Ireland, Cork, which is restricted to students of one particular religious faith; if the matter will be raised with the university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24674/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report (details supplied) and its findings. [24698/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (13 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mortality rates in emergency homeless accommodation; if the matter is being examined and assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24692/19]

Northern Ireland: Statements (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The killing of Lyra McKee in April sent a shockwave across Northern Ireland. Lyra was one the so-called ceasefire babies, promised a life free from sectarianism and violence. Instead, since the ceasefires there has been an institutionalisation of sectarianism and what a British Secretary of State termed "an acceptable level of violence". Between 2006 and 2015 there were 1,100 bombings and...