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Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle can provide me with some guidance in regard to the Order of Business.

Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: No, I am asking about the principle: can the Government agree this revised memorandum of understanding without first coming in here-----

Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: -----and allowing the Dáil state its view on it.

Croke Park Agreement (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his role regarding public service reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6578/11]

Croke Park Agreement (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin supports efficiency and an end to waste and bureaucracy in all sectors, including the public sector. Would the Taoiseach agree that reform and productivity can and should be achieved in co-operation with workers' representatives and not through threats of payoffs? We have the shameful position of Labour Party Ministers speaking about the consequences for public service workers,...

Croke Park Agreement (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: I asked if there were consequences and pay cuts for those at the very top of the scale. The Labour Party Minister and the Taoiseach have repeated that there will be consequences. A lot of the people involved are low paid workers who provide front-line services which are essential for the welfare of citizens and those who are vulnerable. Once again we are told this is to satisfy the IMF and...

Departmental Correspondence (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if the Communications Unit still operates in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6581/11]

Departmental Correspondence (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Do we need for such a service at all? We have a Government press office and each Department has its own press officers. Are all of the people in this communications unit civil servants? The Taoiseach mentioned the Queen in his reply. Which queen did he have in mind?

Departmental Correspondence (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: She has been to Belfast many times.

Departmental Correspondence (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: I do not wish to correct to the Taoiseach's grasp of geography, but clearly sections of the establishment here do not have a strong grasp of geography. This may be the first visit of the Queen of England to this State, but she has come to the country, particularly that part the President comes from, many times.

Government Economic Management Council (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil mé ag cur isteach ar an Taoiseach mar go bhfuil mé ag lorg eolais. Ní féidir liom eolas a fháil uaidh nuair a chuirim mo cheisteanna i mBéarla agus mar sin cuirfidh mé an cheist faoin ábhar seo i nGaeilge. Cé hiad na daoine ar an chomhairle seo? Cé hé an cathaoirleach? An bhfuil nasc idir an comhairle seo agus an IMF, EU agus an ECB?

Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: The process by which these appointments are made must become more transparent. I welcome anything that brings that about. It is very regrettable that those who were appointed by the previous Government in its last days in office cannot be removed. I welcome the fact that proposed appointees will have to appear before committees but that cannot be just a rubber-stamp process. What happened...

Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: -----or an appointment? What role then does that committee have? Can it say no to that? I understand there is a very good system in place in the United States, although I am not an expert on this, by which people being appointed have to go before quite powerful committees which can stop them from being appointed.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (14 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the recommendations of the task force on active citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7776/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (14 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will report on her role in the implementation of the recommendations of the task force on active citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6579/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (14 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the intentions of the Irish Coastguard in respect of premises (details supplied). [7993/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (14 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Coastguard, Drogheda, County Louth has accepted the site offered to it by Drogheda Borough Council at a location (details supplied); and if it will avail of same. [7994/11]

Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for restructuring of staffing in his Department. [8367/11]

Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: Tá mé buíoch don Taoiseach as an freagra a thug sé, ach sílim nach bhfuil sé soiléir nó nach bhfuil difear mór idir an slí ina bhfuil an Taoiseach ag dul ar aghaidh agus an slí in ar déileáil Fianna Fáil le ceisteanna mar seo. Does the Taoiseach agree that any restructuring of staffing in his Department must be about making it more efficient and transparent, about savings in...

Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)

Gerry Adams: The point is that transferring staff from the Department of the Taoiseach to another Department does not in itself offer a saving to the taxpayer.