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Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: That is fair enough and the Minister should be given time to do that. However, Age Action Ireland stated it was inundated with distraught people. Only last week we extolled the virtue of a society that looks after elderly people and allows them to make a contribution. The Minister also stated, and I agree with him, that many people would go home from hospital rather than go into care if...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following matter of urgent public importance, namely, the decision by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to amalgamate Dundalk Port Company with the Dublin Port Company, the implications for the future of the port and whether this could include the development of the port as a social amenity.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new centre of excellence for the provision of cancer services will open at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; the number of cancer beds that will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12679/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans for St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar Dublin; the way it shall continue to play a role in the provision of cancer services following the implementation of the cancer strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12680/11]

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Chuir mé ceist ar an Taoiseach inné faoi daoine aosta agus an fair deal. Ba mhaith liom ceist eile faoi sin a chur inniu. Yesterday, when I asked about the fair deal scheme the Taoiseach informed me that applications for approval under the fair deal scheme will continue to be processed and accepted and I welcomed this. Last night, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, in answer...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: It is not good enough. The Whip should show a little respect, if not for me or for our party then for the people for whom we are advocating a case. It is not good enough. The Taoiseach stated yesterday that the Minister would take two weeks to do this review. I said that was fair enough. However, we were also informed that these applications were being processed. The applications are...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: People are on hospital beds and, perhaps, in hospital corridors for all we know. People in distressed circumstances are waiting for final approval but they are not being given final approval and it is not necessary to wait until the review is finished to do this. The Government is always clear about what it is doing when it comes to the big people in society, the big bankers and the big...

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: While I have only been a Deputy for a short while, all of the staff have been very welcoming, professional and competent. I wish Victor and his family well.

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11455/11]

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: On the Taoiseach's visit to New York in early May, he announced a jobs creation scheme, essentially a €3,000 reward for each job someone in the diaspora creates and that is still in existence after two years. Has anyone taken up this proposition and what job numbers has the Government projected will be created by the initiative? Did the Taoiseach raise the issue of the undocumented Irish -...

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I asked about enlisting the support of the Diaspora and particularly the White House.

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: In respect of the job creation scheme which the Taoiseach outlined in graphic terms, are there any projections available which indicate the number of jobs that might be created? When he visited London prior to his visit to the USA the Taoiseach stated that he would be unveiling a range of initiatives - some of which he indicated would be very exciting - aimed at encouraging the diaspora to...

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I do support it. Is the Taoiseach in a position to provide projections with regard to the number of jobs to be created?

Programme for Government (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I agree there has to be meaningful consultation. I do not see any way to bring about the type of political reform the Taoiseach has talked about unless meaningful consultation is a fundamental basis. Did the Taoiseach consider giving the vote in presidential elections for Irish citizens outside of this State? On a matter which I have raised before with the Taoiseach, and which he has...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will vote against the protocol related to the controversial EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement that will be tabled for the considerations of the Council on 27 April 2011 in Brussels. [8774/11]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (25 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the changes to the higher education grants scheme in budget 2011, which will see some students dropping as much as €4,000 annually, if he will reverse the distance students must live from their place of study to qualify for the non-adjacent rate of the higher education grants scheme. [12983/11]

Progress on the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language: Statements (26 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Cuirim fáilte roimh an díospóireacht seo. Tá sé tábhachtach go bhfuil sí ag dul ar aghaidh. Tá súil agam go mbeidh i bhfad níos mó plé anseo faoin Ghaeilge, mar a dúirt an Teachta Tóibín. Ba cheart dúinn i bhfad níos mó gnó a dhéanamh trí Ghaeilge amach anseo. Is é sin an fís a bhí ag na daoine a bhunaigh an Pharlaimint seo. Tá súil agam go spreagfaidh an...

Appointments to State Boards (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Chun an fhírinne a rá, níl aon chumhacht ag na coistí maidir leis an obair seo. Tá ceist amháin agam. An seasfaidh an Taoiseach leis an ngeallúint a thug sé i rith an toghcháin? The question is quite simple. The Taoiseach promised transparency and to change the way this place would be run. Committees have no power such that they can have any real say in the appointments of...

Appointments to State Boards (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Is féidir a lán ceisteanna a chur, ach gan cumhacht ní féidir aon rud eile a dhéanamh.

Policy Development and Implementation (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the work he has undertaken to coordinate Government policy on economic renewal and jobs. [11382/11]