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Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I refer to the protected disclosure in the public interest Bill. Given the treatment of the two Garda whistleblowers who drew attention to the cancellation of penalty points and the fact that one of them had to leave the force it is clear that the Bill is urgently needed. It says a lot about the Government that it is rushing through legislation this week to cut the pay of public sector...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any instances in which his Department is paying rental for prefabricated classrooms in schools for the purpose of use as autism units but where an autism unit has not been opened; if he will list the proposed autism units which are not yet opened but where the buildings/prefabs are in place; the cost of these unused...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on comments by the CEO of County Louth Vocational Education Committee (details supplied) who said the VEC will be forced to cut a number of its post leaving certificate courses in the new academic year as a result of the increase in the pupil teacher ratio and that it will result in the loss of seven full-time teaching posts across...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department have been in contact with the principal or board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Louth in relation to their planned intake for September 2013; if his Department have raised concerns on this issue; the steps being put in place to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider appointing a person from the planning section of his Department to arbitrate between the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Louth, the school patron, other schools principals and boards of management of other primary schools in the northern Drogheda region, County Louth, to resolve issues relating...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of deserted wive's benefit are eligible for jobseeker's benefit; and if she will outline the supports that may be available for persons who are deemed ineligible. [25068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Constitutional Amendment on Children (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 601. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the amendment to the Constitution in relation to children's rights will take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25386/13]

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I also offer support. We have a long history, under Deputy Ó Caoláin's leadership, of working with the Government on children's rights issues and I am sure the Minister will testify to that. We also will work with the Government to ensure that children have the proper legislative protection. Last night's investigation by RTE, as the Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: We agree with the Taoiseach's comments about what the service should be, but the reality is this is a private, for-profit sector for child care. That is a fact from which we cannot get away. No matter how we come to this, there is an absence of trained staff and a lack of enforcement standards. There is a weak inspection regime, which has led in this case to the abuse of citizens who...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: This is not England.

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I was asking the Government not to give funding in that case.

Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I also want to oppose proposal No. 3. We saw from our discussions during Leaders' Questions, and this has come up many times, that there is a backlog of progressive legislation. Yet this draconian legislation is to be rushed through with the guillotine being employed. It is shameful that a Labour Minister is bringing in new powers to cut the pay of public sector workers or to increase...

European Council: Statements (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Tax avoidance and evasion were two of the key issues discussed at the EU Council summit. Last week, we had the startling revelation that one Apple subsidiary was only paying a 2% tax rate, well below the 12.5% statutory rate. It is important to acknowledge that multinationals have brought and continue to bring much needed investment and job creation to our communities. However, there is a...

European Council: Statements (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: The EU Heads of Mission Jerusalem report was handed over to EU Governments in January but does not seem to have been acted upon. I have raised this a number of times with the Taoiseach so I will not rehearse it now. Can we get a commitment that it will be on the agenda during the Irish Presidency and acted upon because this report was issued by the EU Heads of Mission themselves? Has the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Application Numbers (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the numbers of persons who applied for invalidity pension in each county for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; the numbers of those who were refused and granted and of those who were refused, the number that appealed the decision and the number that were successful and unsuccessful in those appeals; of those...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies Funding (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the 16 additional temporary staff assigned to Money Advice and Budgeting Service is sufficient. [25708/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancies there are currently in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in County Louth [25994/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 219. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a backlog or waiting list to access services with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in County Louth; the timeframe of the backlog or waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25995/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Council Funding (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures and checks that have been put in place to monitor the way the Irish Hockey Association spends public money it receives from the Irish Sports Council; and if the ISC has increased its monitoring of Irish hockey since financial concerns were raised in the media in late 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (30 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed account of the amount of money spent by his Department on consultancy services in culture and film in 2012 and to date in 2013; if he will provide specific details of the way the money was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26094/13]