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Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: ...to voluntarily agree that at some stage in the future, they will tackle climate change. They will put their profits first. This is why we on the left have put forward an alternative to capitalism destroying the environment. There are 90 major companies that have created 63% of the cumulative emissions. These are the companies this Bill targets. They will not simply leave fossil fuels...

Northern Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: ..., in effect damning ordinary people to facing harsh attacks. Claims that they had no choice or other attempts to cleanse themselves of responsibility for this measure do not wash. The Stormont politicians are capable of borrowing £700 million to destroy 20,000 jobs in the public sector. They plan to hand a huge tax cut to the super-rich by slashing corporation tax, which will...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: ...?Please help me with advice if u can. I'm in a really really bad situation. I can't sleep at night with worry... I've taken so much time off work because all I do is cry... every day... It's destroying me and I feel so trapped... I'm at a dead end with this pregnancy. My partner was so violent and he's completely abandoned me. What is the Taoiseach's advice to that woman? Is it to...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: ...were being given sex education in schools by teachers and outside agencies such as those I mentioned. In those lessons students were told that abortion damages a woman's internal organs and it destroys a woman's mental health. They were also told that a woman who has an abortion might feel she is being punished if she suffers a miscarriage in a later pregnancy. The third piece of...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: ...tenant purchase and the €5,000 grant. It meant that every worker who had a good income sold their house and moved out of the estate. That turned the local authority houses into mono-income and destroyed many communities. That was the problem. We need to reconfigure public housing. I do not really like the term "social housing"; I prefer council housing or public housing. We...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (21 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: ...to the babies because that would be taking the word of the religious orders as being absolutely valid and trustworthy. However, Members are aware this is not the case. Many records have been destroyed and what is needed is a forensic medical examination of what in many cases are mass graves. This was evident in Tuam but there are other institutions as well. I suspect the main reason...

Oil and Gas Fiscal System Review: Statements (3 Jul 2014)

Ruth Coppinger: ...and should be rejected out of hand. It represents a short-term gain for the companies involved and lasting damage to our environment and our reputation as a clean food-producing nation, and will destroy rural areas. This is in nobody's interest but that of the companies. We can all see the potential for companies to write off corporation tax as they do in other areas. It is very...