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Policy Development and Implementation (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I am trying to get a measure of the commitments given by Fine Gael and Labour, the parties who make up this Government, before the election. The Taoiseach said that job creation would be his number one priority and promised to create 100,000 jobs over five years through the NewERA programme. He told voters he would invest €7 billion in the development of the State's water services,...

Policy Development and Implementation (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach said it would be easy to govern if one had billions of euro to lash out. However the Government is lashing out billions to banks and to those who are retiring from that elite group, and it is cutting money from carers, classroom assistants and from the most vulnerable sections of our society. I do not see any excuse for that. There is a huge gap, a bearna mór, between the...

Policy Development and Implementation (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: That is a choice.

Policy Development and Implementation (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Would the Taoiseach consider equality proofing these decisions?

Policy Development and Implementation (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I am trying to understand how all of this works. I can understand the Taoiseach coming forward with very genuine propositions to do this, that and the other but the IMF and EU will not let him do so because essentially they are running the show. The Taoiseach would be better to tell people this. If I recall properly, today is the day the Titanic was launched in Belfast.

Policy Development and Implementation (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Yes, I do. In the case of the Titanic the captain did not see the iceberg until it was too late. The Taoiseach can see the iceberg - it is the debt. If the Taoiseach cannot spell out to us what jobs are being brought forward and explain how he has changed his tack and u-turned on many of these issues we are heading for a disaster. The Taoiseach should come forward and tell us in clear...

Policy Development and Implementation (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: And to give millions to the banks.

Policy Development and Implementation (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: No, I have not. I just have not seen the jobs.

Northern Ireland Issues (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the level of contacts he has had with political leaders in the North. [11384/11]

Northern Ireland Issues (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he has scheduled an early meeting with the newly elected First Minister and Deputy First Minister in the Six Counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11453/11]

Northern Ireland Issues (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Cuirim fáilte roimh an chruinniú atá socraithe idir an Taoiseach agus Airí an Tuaiscirt. Sílim gur cruinniú maith a bhéas ann. It is very important when dealing with social and economic issues that we do not confine ourselves to this State - an island as small as this, with a land mass as tiny as this and with a population of fewer than 6 million people. There are many steps that...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Cuirfidh mé ceist ar an Taoiseach, an cheist chéanna a chuir sé ar Mr. Bertie Ahern: is it not time for the truth to be told about the scale of the economic crisis? This is exactly the same question he put to his predecessor last October. I asked the Taoiseach this today because of the contradictory statements made by his Ministers. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport said...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach seems to be intent on robbing children of their special needs assistants. Will the Taoiseach commit to honouring these people's rights as citizens and to giving them a bailout and reversing the cuts which are hurting the most vulnerable in society?

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I do not want to play a part in this Oireachtas; I am already playing a part in it. I asked the Taoiseach three straight questions about three categories of citizens, namely, senior citizens, children with special needs and people on low incomes. I asked him to reinstate their status as citizens and reverse the cuts. He did not answer the question. It is, therefore, up to the Taoiseach to...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach referred to the programme on television last night. I did not see it but I did not need to in order to know what carers must put up with. The Carers Association has asked the Government to bring forward immediately a strategy to reinstate people's ability to care for their loved ones at home. Mine is a straight question, not a history lesson nor a poc fada over the Cooley...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: We campaigned and we welcomed that. Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach did not answer my question about carers.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Carers have asked the Taoiseach to reinstate a strategy to allow for long-term care-giving at home.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach did not answer the question. He makes Bertie seem like an altar boy when it comes to answering questions.

Order of Business (31 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Tá díospóireacht ar fiacha an Rialtais á lorg agam, i ndiaidh an méid a dúirt an Aire, an Teachta Varadkar, agus na hAirí eile. Tá daoine ar fud na háite ag caint faoi fiacha an Rialtais. Tá na dogs on the street ag caint faoi seo, ach níl cead againn díospóireacht a dhéanamh faoi. There has been widespread discussion everywhere about the comments of the Minister, Deputy...