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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach if he has been in contact with German Chancellor Angela Merkel since the Dáil went into recess. [37880/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: Táim buíoch as ucht an freagra. Perhaps the Taoiseach could help us in regard to media reports this morning. It is a habit that the Government thinks a lot through the media as opposed to the House. There are reports that the Government is considering issuing a 40-year bond to re-finance the bailout of Anglo Irish Bank. Has this been discussed with the European leaders with whom...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: We may have stumbled on a way of having better discussions and informed debates in this House. Deputy Mathews answered my question about the 40 year bond in a clear and concise way. The Taoiseach just ignored my question. I wanted to move on to very important questions about the North. I have been sitting here for nearly 45 minutes listening to a rerun. I suggest to the Taoiseach, with...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: I leith reachtaíocht atá forógraithe, I welcome the fact that the Government has concluded its position on the referendum on children's rights. It was a good thing to establish the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and that Deputy Frances Fitzgerald was given the post of Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Deputy Ó Caoláin has done work on this issue...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: Agus an cheist faoin tSeanad?

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: That is a house application.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will make public his proposals to regulate the domestic waste collection industry. [39070/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Training (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38492/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Training (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38486/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Assist Scheme Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer to date of the Revenue job assist programme. [37031/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Training (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38485/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Training (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38483/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Tenders (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is the case that a recent tender process operated by the National Procurement Service on managed print services operated a criteria which effectively excluded more than 90% of potential tenderers on the basis of requiring a minimum average turnover of more than €10 million for the previous three years; his plans to make such...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Training (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38490/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Training (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38488/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to address the issues of tax parity and PRSI contributions for self employed workers; her views on whether the currently as constituted system discourages persons from becoming self employed due to the absence of a social safety net if business fails; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37166/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has decided to withdraw disability benefit payment to persons who take up addiction rehabilitation as part of a community employment scheme; when this decision was made; the savings made as a result of this cut; anf the assessments carried out to determine the effect this cut will have on the amount of drug misusers taking up special community...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if she will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38491/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff that availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38479/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the targets contained in the recently published national broadband plan for 30MB broadband speed across rural Ireland involves fibre connectivity as opposed to mobile broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38422/12]