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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I was here on a Thursday for the last debate on gender-based violence. It was pretty empty and it was many months ago. I get Leaders' Questions once a month, so I would appreciate if the Tánaiste could focus on the issue of the counselling notes and the DPP. He did at the end there; fair play. On the counselling notes, the Minister has drafted a Bill under massive pressure and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Survivors of gender-based violence have just held a press event calling for Government action and for people to attend global marches taking place on Tuesday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. I welcome Natasha O'Brien and Becca Clarke to the Gallery. They are among the survivors who just spoke. I also send solidarity to the loved ones of Stella...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Please do not.

Paediatric Spinal Surgery Waiting Lists: Statements (19 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I am in a small party so I do not get as many speaking opportunities on this issue as other, bigger parties, but I have been in here many times asking for a public statutory inquiry from the word go. I have known Gillian and, particularly, Stephen for just over a year, from before the tragedy with Harvey. We have to learn lessons from this because time and again, on so many issues, parents...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to raise the genocide that has been happening in Sudan. It is the forgotten genocide because so much of our focus has been on Palestine. There is a large and important Sudanese community in Ireland. I had meetings with members of the community before the election. Many of them are doctors, contributing massively to our health service, engineers and so on. They are living with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 23. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on the work of the shared island unit. [57003/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on water quality will next meet. [57002/25]

Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I want to read a quote about this Bill: If passed, Ireland and her Parliament will be sending a strong message, that it condemns the occupation of territories deemed illegal under international law. This Bill, at its most basic, is about upholding international law. It applies to illegal occupations anywhere in the world and not just to Israel and Palestine. It was a member of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (19 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he supports the decision of a sporting organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64228/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Organisations (19 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will bring a forward a motion to ratify the UN International Convention against Apartheid in Sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to recognising Covid-19 as an occupational illness for social workers, given the support for such a designation from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64072/25]

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I was going to address Deputy Donohoe as Minister; I do not know what to call him right now. Obviously, personally I wish him and his family well but I am here to be political. He is a very ideological person so I am sure he will appreciate this.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: No, and I am proud of it. I am proud to be a socialist and there are not many of us here.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach is eating into my time, which is very little. I want to start with where Deputy Donohoe is going with his new job. The World Bank and the IMF usually work together. Their policies drive inequality and austerity all around the globe. They decrease workers' rights, environmental considerations and life expectancy in any country they go into. We have a situation where 1% owns...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider implementing a system where the TFI app states as soon as it is known that a bus service is cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (18 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve accessibility on public transport in particular the requirement to book an hour in advance to access Irish Rail for those with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63801/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (18 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider an initiative to improve elevator access at train stations given the issues that have arisen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider the implementation of earlier bus on Saturday and Sunday for the number 37 bus given issues that have arisen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63803/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (18 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to commission a formal review into the fixed fare policy of a company (details supplied) and its compliance with the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 and the Taxi Regulation (Maximum Fares) Order 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (18 Nov 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider the creation of national taxi booking application that would be State run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63991/25]