Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tá cúpla ceist agam ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill and the health Bill. Dúirt an tAire, an Teachta Heather Humphreys, seachtain ó shin go mbeidh Bille foilsithe i gceann cúpla seachtain. An féidir leis an Taoiseach a chinntiú go dtarlóidh sé seo? Tá plean an Rialtais chun níos mó Gaeilgeoirí a fhostú sa Státsheirbhís ina phraiseach anois. Tá sé scannalach go bhfuil sé ráite ag ochtar Airí, ina measc an tAire rialtais áitiúil, an Teachta Alan Kelly, nach bhfuil gá le daoine le Gaeilge ina Ranna. Is léir nach bhfuil an Taoiseach ná an Rialtas dáiríre faoin nGaeilge. Cén uair a bheidh an Bille ag teacht roimh an Dáil?

Tá ceist an-tábhachtach eile agam. Yesterday I raised the matter of the lack of a guiding timeframe for the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015. Will the Taoiseach give a commitment to accept Opposition amendments on the remaining Stages of the Bill?

Recently I referred to a letter from HIQA, Health Information and Quality Authority, and recommendations it had made about health services in Drogheda but which had not been implemented by the Minister for Health or the HSE. I have written to the Minister about this matter, but I have not received an answer from him. I got back in touch with HIQA which informed me that recommendations made about national emergency departments which had not been implemented included the issues of emergency department services, emergency department clinical governance and emergency department management performance and information. It is not much of a surprise that we have such a crisis in the health service which has been exacerbated by the cut in the number of nurses. Is there a health (amendment) Bill pending to deal with these serious failings?

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