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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with British Prime Minister David Cameron in relation to his intention to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. [5090/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: I would like an opportunity to ask further questions on another issue, but for now I want to ask whether the Taoiseach has discussed with the other European leaders the currently stalled Middle East peace process. The EU heads of mission Jerusalem report was handed to EU governments in January and I wrote to the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste about it last week. The report finds that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: It was my intention to ask a different supplementary question but the Taoiseach did not answer my question. He spoke at length about Syria and I share his concerns and agree with much of what he said but my question was not about Syria but about the recent report of EU heads of mission, the Jerusalem report. The Presidency of the EU will last six months, which will quickly pass. After that...

Order of Business (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: I also oppose proposal No. 1. There are 67 amendments tabled to the Bill, which allows for less than two minutes for each amendment. We know we will not reach the vast majority of the amendments. I refer to the families who cannot afford to pay the tax for a range of reasons, in particular those in mortgage distress. We wish to debate, argue and discuss such matters. The Government is...

Order of Business (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: I ask the Taoiseach to reflect on this. We have tabled 34 amendments. Government Deputies voted earlier to stop us from debating the 23 amendments we had put forward. The Taoiseach was on these benches for a very long time and knows how frustrating it is when we go to the trouble of scrutinising the Bill, parsing it and tabling thoughtful amendments but are then denied the chance to...

Meath East By-election: Issue of Writ (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: I welcome the setting of 27 March for the Meath East by-election. I am mindful of the McEntee family who are still grieving and in mourning. I pay tribute to the work and life of the late Shane McEntee. Aontaím leis an méid a dúirt an Taoiseach faoi Shane. Ba Theachta Dála iontach é, fear macánta, cairdiúil. Everybody here wishes we were not having this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseekers' Benefit Payments (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure the threshold to access community employment and other job activation schemes and qualification for additional social protection benefits fuel allowance will be reduced in line with the change in jobseeker's benefit scheme which has been reduced from 12 months to nine months. [11368/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Finance if sums of damages paid in personal injuries cases on foot of an out of court settlement are liable for the payment of income tax or any other taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11214/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward legislation or regulations that deal with the position of the victim in the criminal justice process. [11438/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given consideration to changes to the law which would allow the victim in a criminal case information in relation to the investigation and information in relation to the trial process. [11439/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new Criminal Courts of Justice provide facilities which allows the victim in a criminal case to have separate entrances and or waiting rooms for the accused in a criminal trial. [11440/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on the treatment abroad scheme in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 [11123/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the processing of treatment abroad scheme applications was centralised in County Kilkenny [11124/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been received for the treatment abroad scheme since it was centralised in County Kilkenny; and the number that have been accepted or rejected [11125/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the treatment abroad scheme in 2011; the number accepted; and the number rejected [11126/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the treatment abroad scheme in 2012; the number accepted; and the number rejected [11127/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for the treatment abroad scheme that have been received in 2013; the number accepted; and the number rejected [11128/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service proposes to remove an ambulance service in the north east; if a risk assessment has been carried out on this proposal; and the stakeholders that were consulted [11324/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that commitments were made regarding ambulance cover in the north east when the accident and emergency in Louth County Hospital was transferred to Our Lady of Lourdes, County Louth; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the service change brought with it an increased need for ambulance cover to respond to...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2013)

Gerry Adams: Níl brú ar bith ar na bainc. Tá brú ar na saoránaigh. Tá veto ag na bainc. Bliain amháin ó shin, ghlac achan páirtí sa Dáil le rún chun dualgas a chur ar an Rialtas comhoibriú leis an Aontas Eorpach chun plean cosanta do na portaigh ardaithe a réiteach. Cad atá déanta ag an Rialtas ó shin? Tá...