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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Forms (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Office of the Revenue Commissioners is adequately administering and enforcing the use of RCT1s and that these certificates are not being widely used by companies and individuals to avoid tax and drive down workers’ wages and conditions. [38206/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Forms (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the legislation underpinning RCT1s with a view to preventing these tax certificates from being used to avoid tax by employers. [38207/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 312. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to honour previous commitments made to develop an appropriate scheme to replace the mobility allowance scheme and motorised transport grant which were discontinued almost two years ago; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of these schemes to those who cannot access public transport, the fact that many persons would benefit hugely...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 311. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures by county for persons currently being considered for reinstatement of discretionary medical cards; if he will provide figures by county for discretionary medical cards returned to date; the eligibility criteria and guidelines used in assessing eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in County Louth who was issued a temporary medical card in July 2013 which was withdrawn in November 2013 and replaced with a GP visit card; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a resubmitted application, following the birth of a sibling was also refused; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 327. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has been diagnosed with significant medical conditions and whose medical card was withdrawn in April 2014; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this person made a new application and has now been asked to submit additional financial information...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 328. To ask the Minister for Health if his atention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth where a medical card was withdrawn in October 2013; if he will examine the possibility of reinstating this medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 376. To ask the Minister for Health if changes have been made to the way appointments are scheduled in respect of trigger point injections for pain management; if an appointment for treatment will be scheduled in respect of person (details supplied) in County Louth noting that this person is in severe pain and has been awaiting treatment for some time; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 380. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be provided for a total knee replacement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the current waiting times for such surgeries in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38150/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school transport ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37789/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the widespread use of subcontractors by companies engaged in Government-funded school building programmes; her view on contention that the widespread use of RCT1s on these jobs is not resulting in tax avoidance, forced social welfare fraud or the undermining of workers’ wages and conditions. [38208/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the ongoing industrial action at a college (details supplied) in County Dublin; the contacts she had with the contractor, the local education and training board, the Revenue Commissioners and the contractors administration services regarding complaints made to her office with respect to the alleged abuse of RCT1s and alleged tax...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the regulation of the private waste collection industry in the State following the recent industrial action involving a company (details supplied); and his plans to prevent a race to the bottom in wages and conditions for workers in this sector. [38211/14]

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: I am sure the viewers will be interested to hear Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Fianna Fáil swapping back and forth on the way the Government is approaching this whole issue of water charges because it is a Fianna Fáil proposition. The Taoiseach asked yesterday about Sinn Féin's budget, which I sent to him this morning. I hope he has had the chance to read it.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: It contains proposals to rebuild the economy, renew society and to repair the damage done to the community by the Government and by Fianna Fáil before it. It contains a proposal, which I commend to the Taoiseach, to lift the burden on low and middle income households by scrapping domestic water charges. It tells him how to do this and how to pay for it. However, I want to concentrate...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: We made a very valid submission which the Taoiseach misrepresented, deliberately and maliciously, in what he said. All our propositions have been costed. The Taoiseach might not like them because he thinks the people should serve the economy whereas those of us on this side of the House believe in a republican vision where the economy serves the people. That means those who are most in...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: The cost of renting has risen by more than one quarter in Dublin alone. The average rent for accommodation in the city is in excess of €900 a month. That is the reality. When we bring forward propositions, the Taoiseach might not like them. He might disagree with them or want to take issue with them-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: -----but he should at least give them the serious consideration that we put into them on behalf of those we represent, and others we do not represent, in putting them forward. The Taoiseach did not answer my question, which is, and this is not a Sinn Féin proposition, if he will heed the call of the ESRI to move away from tax cuts and to invest in social housing. Will he accept its...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: Why not 6,000?

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: The answer is "No". The Taoiseach says "No".