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Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Publication (26 Sep 2013)

Gerry Adams: 26. To ask the Minister for Health when the national action plan on rare diseases will be published; if a Health Service Executive clinical director will be appointed to co-ordinate implementation of the plan; if a State registry and rare disease information office will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40031/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2013)

Gerry Adams: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for the chronic pain clinic in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; the number of persons currently waiting to access the service; the average length of time persons have to wait to access this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40205/13]

Other Questions: Public Transport Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to privatise Bus Eireann routes in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40793/13]

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: I share the sentiments expressed by the Taoiseach and the concerns expressed by him and An Teachta Micheál Martin. There is a particular need to provide prompt and effective multi-agency aftercare, particularly counselling for the victims of abuse. This applies also to their families and peer groups. My question is about folks in mortgage distress. There are now almost 200,000...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. Sinn Féin wants this project to work. We want borrowers to be taken out of mortgage distress but what Grant Thornton has come up with is not a view, but an analysis. The figure is quite revealing and telling. They found that 86% of the families they analysed have nothing left to use to pay down their mortgage debt. The problem with the scheme...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach commit that no one will be barred?

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: I am asking the Taoiseach to commit that no one will be barred.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times in the past year that the IFSC Clearing House Group has met to date in 2013; the issues that were discussed; the actions that have been taken as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39061/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made on the commitment to create 10,000 jobs in the IFSC by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39062/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to reform or restructure the workings of the IFSC Clearing House Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39063/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach said in his earlier reply that a process of assessment was ongoing and a subgroup had been established to do that. He further said there had been two meetings. It is clear from the May meeting of the Clearing House Group that the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach was critical not just of the direction but of the structures of the group. From Sinn...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: I asked the Taoiseach when we would get sight of the plan to be produced by the sub-group that is looking at-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: That is okay. The Taoiseach gave me a thesis on budget submissions. I understand the process. The problem is that some groups have more weight than others. I have been lobbying for profoundly deaf children to get cochlear implants. I have spoken to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health about it privately on a number of occasions. I have written to the Taoiseach about the matter on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Yes, but what we need to know in this Chamber is what precisely is being planned or proposed. One must ask whether such powerful groups should have the type of access they enjoy. The fact that the Secretary General is critical of the structure is an indication that something is wrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: We need results.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: There is no comparison between a big financier and a-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Successfully.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: That is a complete distraction.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Deputy Martin is jealous.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Not at all. It is perfectly right to raise it.