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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Not at all. It is perfectly right to raise it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach said in his earlier reply that a process of assessment was ongoing and a subgroup had been established to do that. He further said there had been two meetings. It is clear from the May meeting of the Clearing House Group that the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach was critical not just of the direction but of the structures of the group. From Sinn...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times in the past year that the IFSC Clearing House Group has met to date in 2013; the issues that were discussed; the actions that have been taken as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39061/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made on the commitment to create 10,000 jobs in the IFSC by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39062/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to reform or restructure the workings of the IFSC Clearing House Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39063/13]

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. Sinn Féin wants this project to work. We want borrowers to be taken out of mortgage distress but what Grant Thornton has come up with is not a view, but an analysis. The figure is quite revealing and telling. They found that 86% of the families they analysed have nothing left to use to pay down their mortgage debt. The problem with the scheme...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach commit that no one will be barred?

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: I am asking the Taoiseach to commit that no one will be barred.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: I share the sentiments expressed by the Taoiseach and the concerns expressed by him and An Teachta Micheál Martin. There is a particular need to provide prompt and effective multi-agency aftercare, particularly counselling for the victims of abuse. This applies also to their families and peer groups. My question is about folks in mortgage distress. There are now almost 200,000...

Other Questions: Public Transport Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to privatise Bus Eireann routes in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40793/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering the introduction of lower rate on-the-spot fines for cyclists who break the law which could be more regularly applied and would take into account the lower level of danger presented by cyclists to the public. [40905/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Strategy (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need for a national strategy for sport across all Government Departments; if he has given such a strategy any consideration; if he or his officials have had any discussions with other Departments, in particular the Department of Health and the Department of Education and Skills on creating such a strategy. [40900/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 153. To ask the Taoiseach the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in departmental offices, schools, third level institutions; details of any assessments undertaken by departmental staff to assess requirements; the number of signs assessed; when any corrective actions were put in place; if any...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in departmental offices, schools, third level institutions; details of any assessments undertaken by departmental staff to assess requirements; the number of signs assessed; when any...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the locations of Irish embassies and consulates across the world; the number and grade of DFA officials stationed in each. [40973/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the issue of Syria with the British Prime Minister since Dáil Éireann rose for its summer recess. [39077/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any contacts with French President Francois Hollande in relation to the Syrian crisis. [39078/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with EU leaders over the summer recess in relation to the Syrian crisis. [39080/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with Secretary General of the OECD Mr. Angel Gurría during his visit to Dublin on the 12 September 2013. [39065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the jobs crisis in his meeting with Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD during his visit to Dublin on 12 September 2013. [39066/13]