Results 961-980 of 6,867 for speaker:Ruth Coppinger
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: People know that property developers are not social workers and are only concerned about profit. They will go for whatever yields the most profit. Property developers are business people. They want to get the best possible return for themselves and their shareholders and that is a logic with which the Minister agrees. The Minister is leaving housing in the hands of private developers and...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Student accommodation has exploded.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: While I acknowledge the Minister has been asked about this incessantly, the public is still very interested in where the Minister got the exciting concept of co-living. Just how small do the units have to be? Could the Minister comment on yesterday's very detailed evidence that the proposal would actually be a disaster for those facing a housing crisis because it would push up the price of...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I am not going to spend too much time dealing with the fact that it is clear most people do not want to live in a dog box, which is what the Minister is proposing, but I ask him to comment on yesterday's revelations by Mel Reynolds, the architect and housing analyst. He made the excellent point that there are some people in Dublin getting very excited about co-living, namely, the developers....
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I wanted to ask-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Is the Taoiseach and his Government willing to consider amending the sexual offences legislation, given the prosecution last week of two women in Kildare? Those two sex workers were jailed for nine months for running or keeping a brothel. Solidarity submitted an amendment to that Bill to change the definition of brothel-keeping in order to decriminalise sex workers who were simply working...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (11 Jun 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary teachers who have participated in training and CPD on special educational needs since the introduction of the special education teacher allocation model in post-primary schools in September 2017; the number of additional teachers allocated under the model who have qualifications in special educational needs; his...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (11 Jun 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the delivery of Spinraza for those with spinal muscular atrophy through the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23844/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (11 Jun 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: 814. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on reduced rates for children and for groups of children such as siblings in public sports facilities such as the National Aquatic Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23875/19]
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I want to ask the Taoiseach about Friday, when the country's first ever national 24-hour ambulance strike is due to take place. Originally, the strike was due to last ten hours but it will now be for 24. What contingency plans are in place? Thus far, the HSE legal team has been dealing with the legal team of the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, strikers, and...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Of course there is.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The HSE engaged with the nurses.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle let other people in on the same topic.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: That does not make sense. People do not necessarily know what topics are coming up.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I want 30 seconds.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is on the same issue of why the Government is allowing drilling to take place after such a clear message to the effect that the people want radical action. If the Government is serious about listening to the electorate, in particular young people, and their message from the weekend, it should stop now rather than to talk simply about carbon taxes and a range of oppressive financial...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: If the Government is serious, it will let the Bill progress.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: We do not have time.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: What does this have to do with the committee? I have never heard-----
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 May 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 15 May 2019, if the progression of the permanent building for a school (details supplied) will be expedited in order that the pupils will not have to move again to alternative temporary accommodation in February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22158/19]