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Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: I made the point to the Taoiseach earlier today that there are different ways to govern. One way is to build a citizen-centred, rights-based society with equality, a right to public services and meaningful jobs with decent pay, terms and conditions. The other is where it is everyone for themselves, where there is little sense of social solidarity, an absence of legislative rights for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 401. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 17 February 2015, if she has received a report on the matter from the Garda Commissioner; and if this is not the case, if she will indicate a time frame for receipt of same. [14836/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 17 February 2015, if she will provide an update on the progress made by the joint working group of her Department and An Garda Síochána; if the working group has met with interest groups and considered all submissions received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14837/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 459. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is currently waiting for an echo-cardiogram; if he will confirm that the waiting time is approximately ten months; the measures being taken to address this unacceptable delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13936/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of citizens on the fair deal scheme waiting list in each county since the scheme commenced. [14321/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 542. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time that citizens on the fair deal scheme have to wait before being placed by county and for each year since the scheme commenced. [14322/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown on the cost of a packet of branded Xanax which is generic alprazolam, of branded Lipitor which is generic atorvastatin calcium, of branded Nexium which is generic esomeprazole, under the headings, ex-factory price that is manufacturer's costs, distributors / wholesalers costs, and retail costs; if he will provide a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 646. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised with the Obama Administration the introduction of a waiver policy for Ireland, currently available through the embassies of the United States of America in several other states, which would remove the current obstacle of the three and ten-year bars for undocumented Irish citizens in the United States of America. [12790/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 660. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with the Israeli ambassador the case of a person (details supplied) who, for unexplained security reasons, was refused a visa to enter Israel, from where the person planned to travel to Dublin in order to attend, as an invited speaker, a conference organised by SIPTU on 28 March 2015; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 661. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case a person (details supplied) whose sole activity is in helping traumatised and injured children and women in Gaza but who was prevented from entering Israel, from where that person planned to travel to Dublin to attend, as an invited speaker, a SIPTU conference on 28 March 2015; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 662. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that it is acceptable that an aid worker invited to Ireland to speak on human rights and aid issues would be prevented from so doing by a state which cites unspecified security reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14742/15]

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: People have been horrified at weekend news reports of the deaths of an estimated 900 people in the Mediterranean. Many of those people died because unscrupulous traffickers locked refugees, including women and children, in the hold of the ship that sank. Some 1,500 citizens have drowned on their way to Europe in 2015, which is 50 times more than at this point in 2014. There are reports of...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: I tried to moderate my question because I do not want to make any political points out of such a serious issue, but I asked the Taoiseach to outline for us the message he will bring to our European partners and the proposals for which he will argue. He did not do that. He told me about a commemorative march from Strokestown. I commend those on that march. The Taoiseach is very familiar...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the request for an extension of time; and the Government’s agreement to this, for the Fennelly commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12781/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: There are two big issues here. One is the opportunity that was presented as a result of revelations about misconduct in the administration of An Garda Síochána and so forth. It was an opportunity to introduce a police service that is accountable, lives up to the sacrifice and public service of the vast majority of the members of that service and removes it from the political...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: Of course you could. We could play politics all day.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: Do so. You are the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: We know that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: You are going to talk down the clock now.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Gerry Adams: I am here to do that. I have a mandate.