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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (12 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: 101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will acknowledge the very positive work of the school completion programme in supporting disadvantaged children in disadvantaged schools; the level of the 6.5% cuts that the SCP have been subject to, in percentage terms, in monetary terms, per county, and in tabular form over the past five years; the proposed cuts to the SCP as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (12 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2014 and applied for a medical card in advance of chemotherapy which began on 4 August 2014; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that representation was made to the primary care reimbursement service on...

Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: Hard-pressed families are waiting for and worrying about the water bills that Fine Gael and the Labour Party are preparing for them. The Taoiseach will recall that he rammed through the water services legislation and used the guillotine to suppress debate. He even caused an unprecedented walk out of Opposition Deputies. Despite his stated commitment to political reform, he consistently...

Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: Nobody knows more about diversionary tactics than do the Taoiseach and his Government, particularly on this issue. If we want an explanation for all their twists, turns and contradictory statements, it is that they have underestimated the determination of ordinary citizens - people who never were on a protest in their lives - to come out against the plan to charge them for water. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on mortgage arrears and credit availability last met. [40961/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on mortgage arrears and credit availability is next scheduled to meet. [40962/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: As I understand it, the Cabinet sub-committee is trying to find solutions to the problems of mortgage arrears and the lack of credit. There is not a Teachta Dála who has not had to deal with hard-pressed families who are beside themselves because they cannot afford to repay their mortgages. While some progress has been made, there has been very little in dealing with the issue of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: Bhí sé sin an-suimiúl, ach níor thug an Taoiseach freagra dom faoi an strategic banking corporation. I suggested that the Government consider applying for a banking licence for the strategic banking corporation as opposed to having lending to the banks. As we all know, it has been dilatory in doing that job, particularly in providing credit for small and medium enterprises.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): JobBridge Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: I agree with the Taoiseach. I imagine there are individuals who have had a positive experience but the shortfalls of the JobBridge scheme are now well documented. The intern posts displace existing work. They do not bring about real job creation. They depress wages and exacerbate unemployment. I imagine it would be a fruitful experience for anyone to work in the Taoiseach's Department....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Discussions (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs took place. [39820/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Discussions (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: While every job created is a welcome step not least for the person who gets into employment, the Government bandies about employment figures which are simply not true. Since the Taoiseach took over, 47,100 new net jobs have been created. If we take the figures in the west, there has been a marked fall in the numbers in the labour force of just over 7% year on year. That is because 500,000...

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: Usually, we get a sense on a Wednesday of the draft Order of Business for the following week. We did not get the information this week. We received the first draft schedule including a debate on water charges on Friday. We then received an entirely different Order of Business today, and there was no consultation with the Sinn Féin Whip on that issue. In the schedule we received on...

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach is supposed to consult with us.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: What does the Taoiseach draw?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach is the one who talked about reform. I would add for Deputy Joe Higgins that I have listened to a few stories being placed in the past few months, many of them from his quarter, from the Sinn Féin Party and from others-----

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: They might change again.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: If by then the Government has not changed it.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: The key point concerns the Taoiseach's remark when he said the Opposition Whips had been informed of these changes. Telling us what to do and informing us of what the Government has decided is a long way away from political reform.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: I asked the Taoiseach to give us an explanation as to why he has ordered the business in the way he has done, but he did not give us one. He still has an opportunity to give us an explanation. This reflects how this Government does its business. It makes a mess of even the most straightforward piece of work.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: I want to commend Teachta Stanley for bringing forward this very important and timely Bill. Citizens are sick to the teeth of the Government’s agenda of relentless austerity and endless list of taxes and charges aimed at those on low and middle incomes. This water tax is the final straw for many families. People who would never have thought of protesting have joined tens of...