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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Trade Unions (17 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on engagements he has had with representatives of school secretaries and caretakers in relation to their demand to be included in civil service pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40676/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (17 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that it is now illegal to export live animals from the UK and the way in which this affects Irish livestock and horses; and if his Department is considering a ban. [40427/25]

Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: These statements are very welcome. I thank the Deputy who raised this from the floor because there had been no statements until this. The reason it is important is that it is very clear that despite the massive rights and wonderful gains that were won for LGBT+ people ten years ago and women in terms of repeal, we are in a different era now. We are in a different space It was very...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Can murderers, specifically wife murderers, continue on the State payroll after conviction? Is there any regulation to stop someone receiving State funds years after killing someone, particularly the mother of their child? A number of attempts have been made to find out if James Kilroy, who murdered Valerie French, is still being paid by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS. My...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: There is no law to stop such people being on the State payroll.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Well, Deputy Martin should know that. He is the Taoiseach of the country.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: He should be able to indicate whether there is a law-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I asked the Taoiseach if there is a regulation or law and he has not answered.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: You might just let me ask a question without getting-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Well, I know you do not care about women's rights, but I am allowed to ask a question.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Unbelievably rude.

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Why are teeth a luxury item in Ireland? Why are they considered an accessory? Everything about our dental system implies that. On one hand, one in six adults over the age of 54 in this country has no natural teeth. The figure for Japan is 15%. It is just completely different. We have a historic and systemic unequal dental system whereby if people are rich and able to pay, they can keep...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. There are two matters I wish to raise. The first relates to the query Deputy Currie raised. It is about how the transport system serves busy suburban areas. I am not blaming the witnesses for that, but it really is not meeting people's needs. I will provide a couple of examples. The first is the 11 families in Tyrrelstown who could not get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: It is interesting that Ms Heneghan should say that because I have actually raised the issue that there is no recognition in this State for non-binary people or intersex people, who actually make up a percentage. The intersex people are born such anyway. We need to change the Department's position. Here we have a classic example. Do the representatives not agree that even if your child...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: We can see how the transport system, great as it is, is not necessarily meeting the needs of people in urban and suburban areas. We are told people should be able to choose their school in any case. If I had my way, everybody would be using school transport rather than getting lifts. It seems unfair that the system really only caters to the needs of people in rural areas or those with...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I declare my solidarity with all those affected and their families, who still bear the scars and carry the legacy of this abuse. So many abused children went on to develop addictions and health issues as a result of the heinous trauma inflicted upon them. The scale of abuse that was revealed in the scoping inquiry that led to this commission is simply astounding. A total of 2,395...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Why were the schemes stopped?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: It is absolutely pathetic that the only thing the Government can offer young people to reduce the price of a home is to reduce its size. Going from 37 sq. m to 32 sq. m means these units will be smaller than a mobile home. Eight of them, apparently, would fit on a playing pitch. The estimated cost reduction this will bring about is between €28,000 and €40,000. It still will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Can the Taoiseach just answer the questions he was asked?