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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: I am not going to spend too much time dealing with the fact that it is clear most people do not want to live in a dog box, which is what the Minister is proposing, but I ask him to comment on yesterday's revelations by Mel Reynolds, the architect and housing analyst. He made the excellent point that there are some people in Dublin getting very excited about co-living, namely, the developers....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: Today the Minister of State said there had long been friction in the FAI. He is right. The dogs in the street have seen the carry-on in the FAI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding Granted by Sport Ireland to the Football Association of Ireland and Related Matters: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Ruth Coppinger: The money that Sport Ireland gives to the FAI is for youth grassroots participation. Would Sport Ireland agree that it is totally unsatisfactory that it channels its focus into that when the dogs on the street can see that the CEO is extremely well paid? The CEO's expenses are unknown and we will ask about them next week. Sport Ireland is aware of all this. It is investing money but...

Leaders' Questions (8 May 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: Since this scandal broke, the dogs in the street have been asking how it is good medical practice to outsource cervical screening to a privatised lab 3,000 miles away in a different time zone. Have we not arrived at the truth with these figures, given it is paying its technicians a fraction of what professionals are paid here? A private, for-profit company like Quest would be known to cut...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (20 Mar 2018)

Ruth Coppinger: 727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a dog is now in China (details supplied); the measures being taken to prevent the export of greyhounds to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12509/18]

Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Dec 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: ...of thousands. O'Connell Street was packed. However, if one examines the media coverage of the water charges protests, some of the reports would lead one to believe there was only one man and a dog out on them. It took a huge amount of time for the mainstream media to catch up. The other, more recent, protest which has become a very convenient justification for cracking down on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding Regulations (7 Feb 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the regulation of puppy farms; the steps his Department takes to protect the welfare of dogs in such farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6119/17]

Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: ...of greyhounds to the Macau region of China? I am sure the Minister is aware of concerns surrounding this issue. Three renowned animal welfare organisations, the ISPCA, the Irish Blue Cross and Dogs Trust Ireland, wrote to his predecessor expressing concerns about the export of three greyhounds to Macau.

Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (13 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: ...case involving the export of greyhounds to a track in Macau. He states that the track involved is old and narrow and its length is not good for animals. Many accidents happen, which results in dogs being killed and more being needed to replace them. He notes also that dogs cannot be brought in from China as they must be quarantined for rabies, which is impossible because of the lack of...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: ...investment groups - companies such as Kennedy Wilson that wrote to the Department of Finance suggesting that it not proceed. I hope that is not what the hesitation of the Minister tonight is about, because the dogs in the street know that this is the very minimum needed. It is a matter of urgency. Does the Minister have any sense of an emergency when he stands over there and suggests...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (31 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: 786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on puppy farming; his views on the welfare of dogs in this environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12866/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (3 May 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The society is currently undertaking a house construction cost study, which is something that has obviously dogged everyone here. In the Irish Independenttoday, there is a report that the €300,000 starter house that everyone is talking about would actually cost €130,000. Mr. Parlon said in the previous session that it would be €150,000. It is just that. The committee...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 818. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in place to ensure the quality of training received by service dogs to assist people living with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38139/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 819. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of complaints against a service dog training company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38140/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the State support available to children and adults living with disabilities, whose doctors recommend the use of a service dog to improve their quality of life, or to increase their independence. [38141/15]

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: ...an answer, and the Minister of State owes it to people. Why does Irish Water need a transfusion of funds from the taxpayer, which is what we are discussing? We are swimming in amendments, from dog licences to waste and the size of cars, and it is inexcusable that the Minister of State is ramming through something as significant as this provision for a transfer from one fund to another....

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: ...debts. Taxpayers will not take the view that Mr. O'Brien did us all a great service. Mr. O'Brien also wrote that, over dinner one night - probably in Malta - a friend told him not to bother buying anything in Ireland as he would "get dog's abuse." These people live on another planet, yet they have such an ordinate power. I understand, for example, that Mr. O'Brien has pursued 28 cases...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I never referred to the gardaí as "dogs". I was using a figure of speech.

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but the expression I used was "Call off the dogs of war on people in Jobstown". It was nothing to do with the gardaí.

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: -----at UCD. For all their sins, neither went and called out the dogs and called on a repressive police response for the behaviour they faced.