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Referendum on Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: Deputies should remember that on this issue, Sinn Féin has been right on every single count and the rest of the parties have been totally and absolutely wrong.

Referendum on Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: If they doubt that, I appeal to them to ask the young people who are rushing to leave these shores, the half a million people who are unemployed and the other victims of austerity policies.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Tánaiste said that one is liable to the household charge, it is due and must be paid. Many Labour Party and Fine Gael Party members have acknowledged that the charge is unjust. It is another aggressive tax from the Labour Party and Fine Gael. It punishes citizens for the failure of government and the greed of bankers, developers and corrupt politicians. It targets especially those...

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: -----or crooked politician has faced due process? Is the Labour Party so bereft of ideas that it cannot conceive a reasonable alternative to the household charge? Let me give the Government one suggestion.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: It should abandon the household charge and introduce a cap on wages in the public sector at €100,000. That would raise €265 million, €100 million more than it is envisaged will accrue from the household charge.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: I see the Tánaiste totally avoided the question.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Government is going to pay the promissory note, although it might take longer, because it has not got the wherewithal to stand against it.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Tánaiste knows all about currency, including the printing of currency.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: In terms of the Tánaiste's new found interest in the North - he knows he is not comparing like with like - it is a great boost to citizens there. He would be better off dealing with issues about which he might know something such as breaches of Government policy by the Government. The Tánaiste may have noticed-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: According to the outgoing head of resources in the HSE, up to 500 hospital consultants are earning substantially more than the €200,000 pay ceiling the Government imposed last year on public service salaries.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: Some senior doctors take home as much as €400,000 of taxpayers' money. What will the Taoiseach, I mean the Tánaiste - I know he wanted to be Taoiseach but the people had a different view. Will he apply Government policy?

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: By applying Government policy in this area, it will save over €50 million a year. Will the Government pursue these consultants with the same------

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: -----aggression as it will those who cannot afford the €100 household charge?

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: One will do.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: Is there a deadline?

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: The big boys beat the Government to it. Bertie beat it to it.

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: That is very clear. The Tánaiste is still running with the rabbits.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: I ask for time to be set aside on Thursday for a debate on the promissory note payment which is due on 31 March. I ask because of the serious concerns about whether the Minister for Finance has the authority to pay or to commit to pay €3.1 billion. The Dáil was never consulted on this matter nor were the people. The Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008 provides the Minister...

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: Bhí an fiosrúchán seo dírithe ar chaimiléireacht a cheapadh go raibh ag dul ar aghaidh sa phróiseas pleanála - sa chás seo, ceapadh go raibh íocaíochtaí á ndéanamh le polaiteoirí. The tribunal's conclusions and its criticism of the political elite in this State are damning. It stated: ...corruption in Irish political life was both endemic and systemic. It affected every level...

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (27 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: -----you might learn something.