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Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: I will bear your advice in mind, a Cheann Comhairle, as I put my question to the Taoiseach. Did officials in the Department of the Taoiseach or the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government question the appointment of the deputy chairperson in the light of the possibility of a conflict of interest due to his former position with RPS, a private consultancy firm? ...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Of course I am aware that they are serious. That is why I raised them. However, they are not serious enough for the Taoiseach. I asked him to clarify whether he was aware of any possible conflict of interest or whether it had been raised with him, but he did not answer. I asked him to clarify his reference yesterday to positions on State boards needing to be publicly advertised, but he...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Subsequently, an internal review was set up by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and presented as an alternative to that inquiry. It claimed that there had been no wrongdoing, but that finding had to be set aside when a senior planner, Mr. Gerard Convie, provided evidence to the High Court, which quashed the review's section on Donegal and apologised to Mr....

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: I will do it now. The Taoiseach claims he is sure that the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, is dealing with this issue. She announced an independent assessment of these practices more than a year ago. I asked the Taoiseach yesterday whether we would have sight of that report before the recess. He stated that he would get back to me, but he did not. Will he tell the Dáil not...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach facilitate a process in this Chamber or at a committee under which we can scrutinise the proposed nominees?

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: This one was not.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Government is trying to rush through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill tomorrow. We have been waiting three years - six years since the crisis - to have a discussion on a proper stimulus, so we need to get this right. The programme for Government promised a strategic investment bank but this Bill falls far short of that. We have been arguing that the banks, and the...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: I have a couple of ceisteanna regarding the health information Bill, the sale of alcohol Bill, the children first Bill and the clár an Rialtas. When will the health information Bill and sale of alcohol Bill be published? I recently read a report which revealed that there are 150,000 alcoholics in this State and that 1.35 million people are problem drinkers. Mar atá a fhios...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: My question was about the promotion of the Irish sign language and the cuts to advocacy services for deaf people. It is a programme for Government commitment.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance that in acknowledging that the imposition of professional services withholding tax to non-EU agents could be construed as unfair as it puts an administrative burden on non-EU agents; it delays the return of capital which is rightfully theirs; it delays the use of capital cost of lost opportunities; if the PSWT is not collected at source it does not confer...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Gabhaim comhghairdeas leis na Teachtaí a bhfuair postanna nua agus a dteaghlaigh. Mo chomhbhrón leis na Teachtaí a chaill anseo. This morning I returned to the speech the Taoiseach made on 9 March 2011 on the nomination of his Government. Three years is a long time in politics. In that time all his fine words have faded. Mar a deireann an seanfhocal, "Is maith an...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is possible to cut waste in public spending. The property tax, water tax, removal of medical cards, mortgage distress and lack of social housing have pushed people to the limit. The Members opposite are bound to know that. They do not need me to point it out. They all represent people in their constituencies, so they must know it. Let us see some scrutiny not only of the policies of...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: This reshuffle is a mediocre piece of political drama that will have no positive outcome for the people of Louth, although Louth now has two Ministers of State.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Comhghairdeachas. Is it a bird or an aeroplane? No, it is a super Minister. However, the working people of Louth, Dublin, Mayo or, dare I say, Derry, Antrim or Armagh will not see any difference.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is different folks, but the same strokes. In keeping with the Government's record, there is little of substance in today's manoeuvre. However, I welcome the appointment of a Minister of State with responsibility for the diaspora, which was a Sinn Féin proposal. We are the servants of the people. We are sent here by the people. What citizens need and what they clearly voted for in...

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeachas a ghabháil leis na Teachtaí Dála a fuair Aireacht sóisearach inniu. Go n-éirí an t-ádh leo uilig. Feicfimid an tslí ina mbeidh siad ag dul ar aghaidh ó seo amach. The State's policies towards women and children are being scrutinised by the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva. Committee members have...

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach, but my question is in the present tense and not the past tense. Why did the Taoiseach ignore the call from survivors for the Statute of Limitations to be lifted? The Taoiseach cannot patronise these women and say he does not want to put them through a long court procedure if this is what they want to do. Why provide only a minimalist financial package? A question...

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Government will not lift the Statute of Limitations.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: That is why the Government needs to tackle it properly.