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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (29 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: So we will be voting on it. That is fine.

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: First Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide for greater security of tenure by extending tenancy rights for those with a licence to reside in student specific accommodation; by the inclusion of receivers and lenders that have taken possession of properties in the definition of a landlord; by the extension of notice...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Does the Tánaiste think it is now time to pass legislation banning outsourcing in healthcare, given what we can read in today'sIrish Independent? There is a backlog of 80,000 tests from women who underwent cervical screening in recent months. CervicalCheck has issued a warning on its website about a wait of more than five months in a small number of cases. This follows revelations that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: What of the long term?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It was people's homes, not assets.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Resources (29 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the importing of fossil fuels extracted using fracking will be prohibited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49883/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (29 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the expansion of fossil fuel facilities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49884/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: There is actually no such evidence.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: What is the name of the hospital?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 17:In page 9, line 17, to delete "of serious harm". I am pressing it.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 15:In page 9, lines 14 to 20, to delete all words from and including “where” in line 14 down to and including line 20 and substitute the following:“where—(a) 2 medical practitioners, having examined the pregnant woman, are of the reasonable opinion formed in good faith that—(i) there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: This is a section to which the Minister could readily agree to amendments. People voted in the spirit of the amendments proposed by a number of Deputies. I shall speak to a number of the amendments in the group, particularly amendment No. 15 because I did not speak to it before. I raised the issue on Committee Stage, but I felt it was necessary to insert an new clause into the definition...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We have debated this at length but several points should be put on the record because this provision in the legislation could prove to be very problematic for many people and it is important to recognise this on Report Stage. People did not vote on the three day waiting period. I know the point being made by Deputies but people voted to repeal the eighth amendment. There was a piece of...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I will formally move amendment No. 31 and I will refer to a number of other amendments in the grouping. From the outset, Solidarity has pointed out that this will be an unnecessary barrier to many women and pregnant people. We said that it was not discussed in any great depth by the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and any time it was raised, every expert swiftly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sports Facilities Provision (28 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide assistance to sports clubs seeking alternative venues following the closure of a centre (details supplied) due to building defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (27 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a person (details supplied) in Pakistan who is believed to have a risk to their life. [49464/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: This is incredible.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: One week on from the protests around victim blaming in our courts and from an international spotlight on what is going on in this country with regard to rape, I want to raise two issues. After many years, the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, has at last announced that a new Sexual Abuse in Ireland, SAVI, report is to be produced. The Rape Crisis Centre and, I would say, the entire country...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We have to stop apologising for rapists in our courts.