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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: The public service unions have agreed to engage in initial discussions with the Government in respect of its proposals for an extension to the Croke Park agreement. It would be useful to obtain some notion of the current position with regard to these discussions. Are the Taoiseach and his Department involved in them? If not, are they kept up to date on progress? The Taoiseach will be...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: I would not hold my breath waiting for any of that to materialise. The reason I asked a specific question about the groups the Taoiseach has met as part of the process of social dialogue was to get a sense of the Government's engagement with civic society and with the voluntary and community sector. If, as the Taoiseach said, his outreach was and is significant, then the cuts in the budget...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: Before we move on to the Order of Business, I want to raise a point of order.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: I want to make a point of order while you are in the Chair, a Cheann Comhairle, and while the Taoiseach is still in the Chamber. Given his defamatory remarks earlier, I want to repeat my request that the Taoiseach be asked by you, a Cheann Comhairle, to withdraw those remarks.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: I am referring to the remarks he made about Jean McConville and the defamatory allegation that I was in some way involved in that poor woman's death.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: A Cheann Comhairle, can I just elaborate on my point, please? I was making a perfectly salient and pertinent point earlier about the Government's budget, particularly its effect on the carer's allowance, child benefit and other matters. Not through bad temper or a slip of the tongue, the Taoiseach made his remarks, which were quite a deliberate and cynical attempt to distract attention from...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: I will.(b) If the member refuses to withdraw the utterance without qualification the Ceann Comhairle shall treat the matter as one of disorder: Provided that the member may claim that the matter be referred to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges in which case no further action shall be taken thereon by the Ceann Comhairle at that point.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: Gabh mo leithscéal. The pertinent point is that it says the Ceann Comhairle shall direct that the utterance be withdrawn without qualification and I asked the Ceann Comhairle to do that. I am here with a mandate.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: I am not standing, a Cheann Comhairle-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: A Cheann Comhairle-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: A Cheann Comhairle, can I make another point, please?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: This is from the salient rulings of the Chair to assist the Ceann Comhairle-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: I am not trying to give the Ceann Comhairle a lecture.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: I am standing up for myself. It says that when a Member is making a disclaimer against an allegation made against him, he should be given a good hearing.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: I do not consider-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach knows better. Rather than go through this row - I do not want to be fighting with the Ceann Comhairle - the Taoiseach should be a man and withdraw that remark.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: They were not.
- Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: I rarely have much sympathy for An Teachta Martin's view of what the Government is doing because, after all, it is implementing Fianna Fáil policy, but in this case I believe he has a point. We made it clear last week following the time set aside for the X case and A, B and C v. Ireland debate that none of our Teachtaí Dála wanted to speak on that issue, that we had said what...
- Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: Tomorrow the report of Desmond de Silva, QC, on the murder of the human rights solicitor Mr. Pat Finucane will be published in London. This will be followed by a formal statement by the British Prime Minister. The process put in place by the British Government is in direct breach of the Weston Park agreement between it and the Irish Government and against the wish of the Finucane family for...
- Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)
Gerry Adams: Perhaps on Thursday or Friday evening.