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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students in education and training board schools will be in a position to opt out of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, religious education course following circular 0062/2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41619/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that will be made for students that opt out of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, religious education course in education and training board schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41620/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It seems to be what happens when we speak.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy is not in government.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sharing time with Deputy Boyd Barrett. I will start with a quote about the financialisation of housing: "Housing and commercial real estate have become the 'commodity of choice' for corporate finance, a 'safety deposit box' for the wealthy ... with profound consequences for those in need of adequate housing." This quote is not from the Socialist Party or any left wing outlet but from...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The cliché that landlords are exiting the sector is trotted out repeatedly. There has been a massive increase in the number of people who live in the private rented sector. I am neutral on the question of how many landlords are in the sector but I am aware that many more people are living in it. Landlords in Ireland make twice what landlords in Britain or Germany make and they make...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The Ministers are not. There is a massive conflict of interest in this Dáil. One in four Deputies is a landlord, including one in three in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, which is an even higher concentration. Every day they are making, and voting on, policies that benefit themselves. It is an added problem that Members appear to be divorced from the reality. Some 4% of the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The Independent Alliance.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 377. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to a care centre (details supplied) will be increased in order that services can be expanded to support those with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41216/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. This legislation is historic. I refer to the millions of women who live in countries where abortion is illegal and unsafe. Obviously, it is still illegal in Ireland. One in eight deaths of pregnant women worldwide are related to unsafe abortion. Banning abortion never stops it. I particularly send my solidarity to our siblings in...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meetings with Northern Ireland political leaders. [28834/18]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Prices are rocketing.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Does Deputy Maria Bailey expect us to sit here like absolute dummies? This is a serious issue.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister could have answered some of the questions we had posed instead of ignoring them.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: That is great.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We gave the Minister of State four plans.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Ten thousand people are on the homeless list.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: It costs twice as much as building a house.