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Order of Business (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I also want to oppose proposal No. 4. As Teachta Ó Fearghaíl said, we have discussed the fact that one in four mortgage holders is in distress with their mortgage. Hundreds of thousands of families are struggling to get by, yet this odious tax is going to be press-ganged through the Dáil. The Government is going to impose a tax on every single...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: We do not have a property tax in the North, my dear friend. However, why will we not have an opportunity to discuss this matter here? What is the Government afraid of? The Taoiseach chided Fianna Fáil because it rushed it through a previous budget before the weekend, obviously as part of its party management. The Government is doing exactly the same thing now. Why can people in this...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: God help you.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Confidentiality (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: We needed to get the costing first before making the proposal.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Confidentiality (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: The poor would not have to pay for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach the supports provided by his Department to the Cabinet sub committee on mortgage arrears. [50878/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: My question is on the Cabinet sub-committee on mortgage arrears. However, before I come to that, if I may, I wish to say that it is clear the budget was not equality-proofed. There is a practice in the North, which is part of the statutory obligation - I believe it is section 75 - making it necessary for departments to equality-proof any decisions they take. I commend that to the Taoiseach....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Confidentiality (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: I am asking these questions because the initial question asked about the Taoiseach's plans to introduce legislation to deal with the issue of Cabinet confidentiality. I asked that question because the programme for Government contains that commitment. Cad a tharla leis? What happened to that commitment? If it is not appropriate - the Taoiseach read an extract from the Constitution - why...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: If I understand the Taoiseach properly, his initial response to the question did not name the new Minister of State with responsibility for primary health care, Deputy Alex White, as someone for whom a delegation order had been signed. He then conferred with the Minister for Health and said this had been done this morning. I think that is correct. Is it not?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: Just in the nick of time.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: He then went on to say that in the case of a Minister of State having responsibility for primary care there is no need to sign a delegation order. If there was no need to sign a delegation order for Deputy White why did the Cabinet approve it this morning?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: Was there no need for a delegation order for the former Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, who resigned when the Minister for Health interfered with a list of primary care centres to add locations in his own constituency after the list had been completed? We need consistency. I understand that I am only learning here, but can the Taoiseach help me through this? No delegation order was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: And primary care.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: But one is required for primary care centres.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: He should have gone to Specsavers.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Confidentiality (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach the plans he has to introduce legislation to deal with the issue of Cabinet confidentiality. [49777/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Confidentiality (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: I am nor surprised by that because all the rumours and leaks imply that Labour stood up to the Fine Gael Government. I do not see any evidence of that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Confidentiality (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: Deputy Howlin is pirouetting over the poor. The programme for Government contains a commitment to legislate on the issue of Cabinet confidentiality and he says he will not act on that. It also commits to opening the budget process to the full glare of public scrutiny in a way that restores confidence. The programme for Government also says the Government is too centralised and...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: I will make a brief comment.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: Okay. I asked one question, but I was given a commentary on what was wrong. People who happen to be in hospital will get no comfort from the Taoiseach's assertion that this extra charge does not apply to just to one illness or disease. To refer to the question about post-leaving certificate courses, PLCs, my question was not about fee-paying schools but about colleges of further...