Ruth Coppinger

You are not giving Maduro a bowl of shamrock. He will be on trial the day you go, actually.

You only have another minute to talk the clock down.

When did you speak up?

We are here to question the Taoiseach and Government. The Taoiseach is not here to question us in this slot.

I have absolutely nothing to answer for in relation to protesting against dictators, including the Iranian dictator, against whom I have been on many protests, and including Putin - I have been outside that embassy more times than any Government members have. I do not need to be selective. The Taoiseach is selective about who is a dictator. He has imposed sanctions against Iran but nothing against…

It would be nice to have a bit of solidarity on a St. Patrick's Day from the Taoiseach.

St. Patrick's Day, please.

You are not answering the question.

You are attacking Ukrainians who live here. We are defending Ukrainians.

I asked about the Board of Peace.

Are you going on the Board of Peace?

I want to register how ludicrously short a time we have on this discussion. Seriously, we have five speakers here getting a minute and a bit each - madness.

I know, but we are a minority on that. The Minister is not even here, which frequently happens by the time our group comes up.

Yes, I know.

I know but it has to be said-----

I am not going to get a chance to bring up all the infrastructural needs of my constituency. There are 140,000 people. We have no light rail system. I will just mention one area which is the Tyrrelstown and Hollystown area. It is so symptomatic of the way developer-led planning happens in this country, which is one of the headings that is used in the strategy. Some 1,400 houses were recently added…

3. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the G20 in South Africa. [3747/26]

15. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach for a report on his attendance at the EU-African Union summit. [3748/26]

I do not know whether there is any other law that imposes a three-day wait on any medical treatment. I do not know whether it applies when getting Viagra or rhinoplasty surgery. Forcing women to wait for a health treatment that is extremely time sensitive and very geographically difficult to access, where that wait is medically unnecessary, damaging and patronising and puts extra pressure on our h…

To be frank, we should not really need consensus for an individual to get healthcare. It should not be up to men, predominantly, in the Dáil, or the State in general, to prevent women or pregnant people from accessing something for which the whole country voted. The Minister is right that we had telemedicine during the pandemic, and the sky did not fall in. In fact, telemedicine for abortion care …

Consensus seems only to be necessary when it comes to the health, lives and choices of women. The Bill the Minister referenced was actually put forward in the previous Dáil by former Deputy, Bríd Smith.

That is no problem; I am just clarifying it. It was very undemocratic of TDs who had not debated that Bill - I had not debated it because I was not in the previous Dáil - just to block it. It should have been allowed to go forward for debate. My understanding is that all the provisions in the Bill were measures the citizens' assembly had proposed but that the politicians on the relevant committee,…

It was a movement that achieved that, not this Dáil.

Sorry, a Cheann Comhairle. Is the speech available?

Sorry, on a point of order -----