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Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: I welcome today's announcement regarding jobs in the Kerry Group. Cuirim fáilte roimh an scéal maith sin. Ach thar an deireadh seachtaine cinntíodh go raibh eolas ag an Taoiseach féin, agus ag an Tánaiste, faoi na hionaid sláinte a roghnaigh an t-Aire Sláinte, an Teachta James Reilly. Sin scéal an-dona. The Taoiseach promised transparency and...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Scéal maith é sin.

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Sin freagra an-fhada, ach níl eolas ar bith ann. Chuir mé dhá cheist ar an Taoiseach, ach níor thug sé eolas ar bith dom. Nuair a bhí an Aire Sláinte anseo ag glacadh le ceisteanna, níor chuir sé eolas ar bith roimh an Dáil. Maidir leis na daoine óga, dúirt an Taoiseach nach bhfuil an buiséad réidh fós, ach...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Squash it.

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: What about the criteria applied?

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Níor thug tú.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress he has made towards the establishment of the Constitutional Convention. [40452/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach when the first meeting of the Constitutional Convention will be held. [41486/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin proposed a constitutional convention a long time ago but since then Irish society has been changing - as a result of the impact of the economic crisis, changes within other pillars of the establishment and because of the peace process in the North. The best recent example of this type of convention was the constitutional convention, or conference, in South Africa when that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: One must almost become a forecaster to try to get some sense out of the answers given. The Taoiseach did not even try to tell me the reason for the delay. He has already given the points he has just made in other meetings I have attended on this issue. He entirely avoided the issues of the format on the day, whether Opposition parties will have the opportunity to speak and the list of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: That is correct. Leo arrived after me.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: I answered the Taoiseach's question very clearly.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to abolish Seanad Éireann. [40453/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: It is a matter of puzzlement that issues such as the presidential term and the voting age have been designated as matters for consideration by the constitutional convention but the future of the Seanad has not. I do not understand how we can pick and choose between these issues.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Seanad is clearly in need of reform. It is an undemocratic institution which is elected by an elite rather than by universal franchise. Sinn Féin has been saying that for a long time. Substantial reform is required to democratise the Upper House by, for example, making it a place where ethnic minorities such as the Traveller community could be represented, or citizens from the...

Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Tá ceist agam faoi reachtaíocht atá forógraithe. The Taoiseach will recall his promise before the general election to introduce, as a priority, legislation to abolish upward only rent reviews in the case of commercial leases. Will he update the House on the status of the legislation? Is he aware that many Departments and State bodies are the holders of such leases? I...

Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: In that case, while he is waiting to introduce legislation on this matter, will the Taoiseach make a start by abolishing such clauses in contracts held by Departments and State agencies? The case to which I referred involves a contract with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: As I stated, some of the contracts in question are held by Departments and State agencies. Will the Government explore the possibility of obtaining legal advice on the matter from an tArd-Aighne?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether senior academics here earn on average 30% higher salaries than their counterparts in Britain; and if this is an aspect of the higher education budget that he is examining in order to protect frontline education services. [43092/12]