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Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: Let us have the debate.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: Then the Taoiseach should have an inquiry.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: Of course I do.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: The IRA?

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: When?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he has held with religious leaders. [40740/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his structured dialogue with religious and faith organisations. [40741/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: I have two questions, one about Bethany Home and the other about charities linked to the churches. I am sure the Taoiseach knows and appreciates very much that charities are in the front line in helping families and citizens who are badly affected by the Government's austerity policies. These charities are now facing very great pressures on their resources. The Society of Saint Vincent de...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: I want to ask supplementaries.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: I return to the issue of the Bethany Home survivors. I thank the Taoiseach for his answer to my earlier questions. When he made a very commendable acknowledgement of and apology to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries in this Chamber, it had been preceded by a less than sure-footed initial response by him. While it may be wrong for me to make any presumption, I have always presumed this...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: The proposal is a motion to instruct the committee. It is a last minute amendment and it not just a simple technical amendment as it is an amendment from the Minister, Deputy Howlin, to the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013. He brings in a whole new area of legislation at the very last minute. Any new provisions on sick leave and the public...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: Ceist í seo maidir le reachtaíocht atá forógraithe. This concerns the Adoption Act 2010. I have raised this issue with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, on a number of occasions and I believe she is well disposed towards dealing with it. It concerns facilitating a number of Irish families who are seeking adoptions of Russian children, and...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: -----a young lad called Alex. Since the summer, the adoptive process has been stalled. I am sure the Taoiseach understands this is a very traumatic and distressing time for the families involved. Can he confirm whether the Attorney General's advice has been received by the Minister and whether the amendment will be brought before the Dáil before the Christmas recess, as the Minister...

Death of Nelson Mandela: Statements (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a thabhairt do chlann an iar-Uachtarán Mandela, do Uachtarán Zuma, do mhuintir na hAfraice Theas agus do phobal na hAfraice in Éirinn. Nelson Mandela, Madiba, was truly remarkable. He was a freedom fighter, political prisoner, negotiator, healer, peace maker, father, grandfather and husband. He was a friend to those engaged in struggle for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Ard Deaglan complex in Dundalk, County Louth is a National Asset Management Agency owned property; if he considers the complex to be dangerous or derelict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52766/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: 423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider providing matched funding and additional top-ups for the Common Agriculture Policy Pillar II programme; if he has met the Irish Farmers Association on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52771/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: 525. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an hospital appointment in respect of person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52916/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: 526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the current number of persons on the waiting list for ENT appointments, scheduled surgeries, average waiting times and services currently in operation for ENT services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties, namely, waiting times encountered by persons in clear need of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2013)

Gerry Adams: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding persons who have applied for medical card-general practitioner-only services, having application form signed by relevant GP, and now find that this GP has withdrawn from the GMS scheme; if his attention has been drawn to any such cases, whereby effectively persons are being asked to find an alternative GP, and more often than not GP...