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Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: We should mark that this time ten years ago, we were in the thick of the battle against water charges. Let us put it on record - it was the most successful anti-austerity campaign at the time when all the austerity was heaped on working, working-class and poor people. This week and this month the Minister swore blind that the Government has no intention of reintroducing water charges. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The Taoiseach made that comment when speaking at a data centre-linked company called Hanley Energy. There are two issues. Most of AI is utterly useless in terms of the impact for humanity, in comparison with actually dealing with climate change issues. There is no question most AI is not necessary. There is no effort by any of the companies to get people to reduce their online storage,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: In comparison with reaching climate change targets.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the impact of the expansion of data centres on the State’s climate change targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17991/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I want the Minister to report on the impact of data centres on us reaching our climate change targets. As he knows, 21% of all metered electricity use is now coming from data centres, whereas all residential dwellings create 28%. It has increased five times in eight years. It is the dominant driver of increased electricity demand in Ireland according to the SEAI. How can we reach our...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: That is all very interesting, but if we have such a love-in with data centres we are not going to reach our emissions targets. We are already set to have a 57% shortfall for emission reduction for transport, buildings, waste and agriculture and a shortfall of 12% for renewable energy production. We face €26 billion in fines. How are we to pay that? How is the State to deal with...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Kate spoke on RTÉ radio about her trauma of being raped by three men and then the trial that followed and the intimidatory atmosphere at it. Sophie was interviewed on "Prime Time" about her abuse as well. Kate said that we have an epidemic of gender-based violence and that people are being retraumatised in the legal system as well. The manosphere is operating unchecked and unregulated...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: What about the ten-point plan and the meeting?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I asked about my meeting.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: What we are seeing in the world economy right now is a historic turn-away from free trade and globalisation to protectionism, but it is a trend that has been under the surface for some time. The context for this is that post 2008 when the financial system collapsed and capitalist growth slowed, there has been an economic malaise in general and increased competition between the US and China....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I would like to jump in. I would like to register that people from big parties who have loads of opportunities to ask questions have been jumping in all night on these questions, meaning that people from the smaller groups get pushed down even further. It is a little inconsiderate of those parties, including Sinn Féin, Fine Gael and all of them, when there are so many questions on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: My question will not be taken now because of that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Could I make a point of order?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Could I clarify whether any Deputy can just jump in on anyone's question? Does that mean people like me who have listed a question and waited all night to ask it might not be heard tonight? Is that the case?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I listed five questions and I got only one of them in. I ask that people would please stop jumping in on them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: It is important to mark a situation where the right to travel of all citizens no longer exists. Trans and non-binary people were issued with a warning in the past ten days from the authorities in Ireland that if travelling to the US, the traveller's biological sex at birth should not differ from the sex on their passport. They were told by the authorities here to contact the US Embassy if...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: What is the problem with that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 26. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with transport will meet next. [13703/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I, too, want to formally send our very best wishes to Deputy Boyd Barrett. I want to ask what kind of monitoring there is on the well-being of children, particularly disabled and vulnerable children, in our children’s hospitals. Will there be any accountability by successive Ministers for the fact that the HIQA report published today outlines how there was no written approval for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 13. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme in his Department. [13975/25]