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- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: There are people watching. I ask Members to consider that ten people are leaving the country today or tonight. Studies show that a further five people will take abortion pills which they have sourced online. If we do not get through the debate tonight, so be it. I will be here next Tuesday. There is a reality, however, that people expected the legislation to be in place by January while...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: That was not what was happening.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: I never mentioned Deputy Nolan's name.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: The names are on the amendment.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: It is a political debate.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy should get over it.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: I do not intend to speak on some of these amendments for very long but I felt I had to come into the House to object to the racist stereotyping in the amendment and in the contributions of some speakers. The phrase was used last night-----
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy put-----
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: If the Deputy tables an amendment that includes the word "race", he will be challenged about it.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: The phrase "cultural people" was used last night; it did not even make sense. The Deputy was trying to say was there are people who come from cultures where abortion for sex selection is done. I utterly object to that for a number of reasons. First, I represent a constituency where one in four people was born outside Ireland, which includes people from India and Pakistan. Second, it is...
- Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: First Stage (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: No.
- 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]