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Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: It is because of the way he strings them together. This is a flat tax. I am sure the Taoiseach knows that. Flat taxes are unfair. Less than 7% of the households liable for the tax have paid it. The Government has one month to bring some sense to this. These are people who cannot pay. It is not as if they have the money and have two houses. They cannot pay. I asked the Taoiseach to...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: They cannot pay. The Taoiseach knows that.

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU summit on 30 January 2012. [5108/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the Anglo promissory note at the EU Council Meeting on 30 January 2012. [6466/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 23: To ask the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he held at or on the margins of the EU Council summit in Brussels on 30 January 2012. [6467/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 24: To ask the Taoiseach the issues he raised at the EU Council summit in Brussels on 30 January 2012. [6468/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 25: To ask the Taoiseach if he sought additional EU money to be spent on investment in job creation at the EU Council summit in Brussels on 30 January 2012. [6469/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 26: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised issues around the role of the European Central Bank at the EU Council summit in Brussels on 30 January 2012. [6471/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 27: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised issues relating to the sustainability of the Anglo Promissory note at the EU Council meeting in Brussels on 30 January 2012. [6472/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 28: To ask the Taoiseach if changes to the European Stabiltiy Mechanism Treaty were discussed at the EU Council summit on 30 January 2012; and the position he took on this issue. [6588/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: I wish to raise a number of issues with the Taoiseach but will focus for now on the issue of the referendum. The Taoiseach stated once again in his response that he is waiting for word from the Attorney General on whether there should be a referendum on the new fiscal treaty. There is a matter of democratic principle involved here. It is likely this treaty, which will have long-standing...

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: I am not surprised by the Taoiseach's response. However, I am disappointed. There is a democratic principle involved here. The Taoiseach's party, Fine Gael, also has a view of the European Union. One of the reasons we are in the fix we are in is because Fine Gael, and the other main party in Government, played fast and loose with the people's democratic entitlements in re-running...

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: I want to return to the issue of the referendum. When I put it to the Taoiseach that it involves a democratic principle, given the depth and extremity of the austerity treaty, the Taoiseach stated the Government made a decision and then cited the Government's decision on the dual-carriageway to Letterkenny. He stated some people might think this was an issue which required a referendum, but...

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: If the Taoiseach stood up and stated this, people would know the situation and would respect him for taking this position. The Taoiseach states he will act on the advice of the Attorney General but that is making a virtue out of a necessity because he cannot do otherwise. Would it not be much better, in terms of the empowerment of people, the democratic entitlements of citizens and the wish...

Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Tá ceist agam faoi reachtaíocht atá fógartha. The Government committed to the highest standards of transparency in the operation of NAMA, to reducing the costs associated with the operation of that organisation and to ensuring that its decision-making process does not delay the restoration of the Irish property market. Where is the legislation in respect of these commitments?

Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Did the Taoiseach state there was a three-person group? Will he tell us who are the members?

Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: I am just trying to understand this. Did the Taoiseach state a three-person group was looking at this?

Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Is it not appropriate that the Dáil should be told the names of the three persons?

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of tax foregone to the Exchequer through tax reliefs for the development of private nursing homes since 2007; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of tax foregone to the Exchequer from such schemes in County Louth since 2007. [9431/12]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (21 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 14 February 2012, if he is satisfied that no conflict of interest arises between IBRC retaining the services of the strategic advisory arm of a company (details supplied) to advise on asset sales while the investment arm of the company bids to purchase these same assets; from whom IBRC received...