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Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: There has been no response from the Fianna Fáil leadership.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I also asked the Taoiseach whether tapes from any other banks exist-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: -----and he told me that he did not know. I then asked if he would find out if other tapes existed. Does the Taoiseach know now, a week later, if there are similar tapes in the other banks affected, including Irish Nationwide Building Society, Allied Irish Banks, the Educational Building Society, Bank of Ireland and Irish Life & Permanent? We all know that Anglo Irish Bank...

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach will excuse me if I am a little discommoded by the fact that the Minister is to write to the banks tomorrow.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: This all happened four or five years ago. The Government did not know last week if any tapes existed. Conveniently, the Minister for Finance is going to rush out of the Chamber now and write a letter that will be sent to the banks tomorrow. Is this the type of approach the Government is taking to these issues? There is a sense that there is one law for the well-connected and rich, another...

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I do not believe what the Government is doing at this late hour is sufficient. I also do not believe anyone else will be persuaded about its intentions in this matter. The Government's handling of these matters has been dismal and is part of the national disgrace that this whole debacle brought upon ordinary citizens, including the Taoiseach's neighbours, family members and constituents.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Government did not even know they existed.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Does the Garda Síochána have copies of the tapes?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if a date has been agreed for the holding of a referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann. [28685/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the holding of a referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann. [28686/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the consultation process he intends to hold in relation to his plans to hold a referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann. [28687/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the timeframe for the referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann. [31609/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I also wish to send best wishes to Teachta Higgins's mother and to the Higgins family. I will give my own take on what politics should be about. It should be about empowering citizens, systems of government should be accountable and transparent. and politicians should be the servants of the people. Consequently, the starting point of this discussion on the reform of the Oireachtas should...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Korea.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: My question is very straightforward and brief. Why does the Taoiseach not give the citizens the option of a preferendum of abolition, retention or, more important from our point of view, root and branch reform of the second Chamber?

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom mo chómhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann Pádraig Faulkner agus le Fianna Fáil. Ní raibh aithne agam ar Phádraig Faulkner. Mar a dúirt ceannaire Fhianna Fail, an Taoiseach agus an Tánaiste, bhí sé mar Teachta Dála don dáilcheantar - Lú - ar feadh tréimhse fada. Chuala mé a lán scéalta faoi....

Order of Business (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur faoi reachtaíocht atá geallta. Will the Taoiseach provide an update on the child and family agency Bill and the Children First Bill? He may be aware that independent assessments of child protection services in Roscommon, south east Dublin and Waterford have revealed yet again the lack of appropriate services for the most vulnerable. In more than half...

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathoirligh.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Last week's European Council summit marked the end of our Presidency.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Lads, an bhfuil seans ar bith agam? While I disagree with the Taoiseach's policy on many issues, I commend the great energy he brought to these challenges. Some progress was made on several issues, such as the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy, but it is fair to state the Presidency was characterised by spin and exaggeration on many occasions, not least in the...