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Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I would like to share time with Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to mention the issue of abortion rights in Northern Ireland, which has not been mentioned so far in this debate and does not seem to feature in the minds of politicians in the North. Our fantastic movement for abortion rights has brought this issue to the centre of the stage for women. Following our repeal referendum, there is a concern that anyone who can become pregnant in the...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: So does the Tánaiste.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: There is no housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Elected Members of Local Authorities: Discussion (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: A review is worthwhile because, as others have said, it is particularly dangerous for spouses and partners of councillors. I hear reports of people losing social welfare payments because their partners are councillors. This is happening. It has happened to one of our own and to several other councillors. The danger of the way it impacts on a family's income is that one will get council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Elected Members of Local Authorities: Discussion (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I did not say anything of the sort. I simply said the functions had gone down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Elected Members of Local Authorities: Discussion (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes, they are not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Committee. (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I thought that this was going to be a priority. In terms of referendums, this is a bit more real than the symbolic ones that are being proposed in October. If there are issues around the wording, this committee should have some opportunity to go through them. I do not know what the issue is for the Attorney General but I have an idea. It is disappointing that the summer recess is starting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Committee. (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Could we ask for this to be an item for the committee in September?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Housing Model: Discussion (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I welcome Ms Comerford, Mr. Bissett and Ms Fagan. It is rotten that the community has to come here to seek a meeting with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government and put forward its own proposals when it has been let down on many occasions. The group is coming forward with its own proposals. I can understand why it considers the model it has put forward to be much better...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Housing Model: Discussion (12 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: May I intervene? I have to leave in ten minutes. It is very interesting to hear Dr. Healy say that it should still have a bearing on the person's income.

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Can I speak for a minute on it to sum up the amendment and address the points that have been made?

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: A report does not have to be the same length as "War and Peace". It can be a page saying the issue is being dealt with. I do not buy the idea of confusion. We do not have a facility to write in an amendment saying a law will be brought forward. This is the way we are doing it. A report could be brought forward saying the issues are being addressed in impending legislation next month....

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Can the Minister give a timeframe for that?

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Okay. The key issue is the Parliament has made an error. As my colleague, Deputy Murphy, said, if things like this had been put in it might have been spotted earlier. There are reason we use these devices to put them in. I do not get the idea that it will add work for civil servants if the legislation is being drafted. People would be happy about it. If the Minister is willing to assure...

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: We agree to withdraw it on that basis.

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 1:1. In page 3, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“5. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 23:“23A. Within six months of the coming into operation of the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018, the Minister and the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection shall have...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: I had intended to wait and speak to the amendment but I will make some points now. It was shocking to people to discover that three years on from the historic referendum this matter is not addressed in legislation. We have received calls from people we know who cannot be properly recognised as the parents of their children. It was news to a lot of people that this had not been properly...

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: On the same matter-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Obviously we have seen a draft of the legislation but there are a couple of glaring issues. Abortion should be fully decriminalised. We still retain a 14-year jail sentence for somebody who might assist somebody to have an abortion at 13 weeks, for example, which is really dangerous. It will have a chilling effect on doctors and could end up endangering women's health. A 72-hour waiting...