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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: However, all of those sports have other sources of funding as well. For example-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: An example that comes to my mind is the Minister's cheerleading of a grant of €130,000 to a private rugby school. Not many people will benefit from that. The reality is that soccer and football are the most popular sports in the country but soccer does not get the level of State support that many other sports do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: With all due respect to the Minister of State, that is absolute rubbish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I will tell the Minister of State if he stops shouting over me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I will tell the Minister of State if he will let the sound of other voices occasionally-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: RTÉ did an exposé, for example-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I know that because I heard the Minister of State being interviewed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister of State likes the sound of his voice. Will he not listen to one sentence from me?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: When I was on Fingal County Council, it was well documented that more middle class areas got more sports grants, and that continues to be the case. I am making this point without derailing the whole discussion. It would be helpful if I could get answers to the other questions asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: May I have an answer regarding the SFAI's hiring of a corporate box at the Aviva Stadium?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Where did it get the money from for the corporate box?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Solidarity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: What is the order now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: I have to leave at 2 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: All of us have been here since 9 a.m..
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Conditions (17 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The Minister of State seems to be saying this is very difficult to diagnose and, somehow, that is an excuse. Lots of things are difficult to diagnose and lots of illnesses take a long time to diagnose. It is possible to misdiagnose many things. It is not that difficult, however, to diagnose endometriosis in Australia and New Zealand, where there is much quicker diagnosis. Let us be...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Conditions (17 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Some 155,000 people are suffering, not ten or 12. We need a task force set up.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Conditions (17 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes, we thought we had a minute.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Conditions (17 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: There are many health issues neglected in this country and society in general, including that of mental health, but I was absolutely shocked reading the accounts and emails of many women following the briefing organised by Deputy Gino Kenny. There is a pattern in the attitude to women's health. I refer to the view that there is nobility in suffering. The long-suffering woman is a very...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: It is €20,000.