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Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Is there a minute of that meeting? Should I put in an freedom of information request?

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: They have not transpired.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Paris following the horrific attacks in January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4311/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of France, Mr. François Hollande, in Paris in France in January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4312/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance in Paris at the protest following the attack on the Charlie Hebdo office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12799/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke to the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, during his visit to Paris, France in January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12800/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Around this time last year, four people were killed in an attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels, and other attacks have since taken place in Denmark and Australia. As other Teachtaí and the Taoiseach noted, it was the assault on the offices of Charlie Hebdoin Paris on 7 January last which caused the greatest outrage. Five people died in a subsequent attack on a Jewish food shop and a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 19. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the Constitutional Convention; its status and outstanding reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12803/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I also commend Tom Arnold, Art O'Leary, their teams and the respective experts who came forward. The convention, journalists, secretariat and, especially, the citizens who participated did an excellent job and produced a series of first class reports and recommendations. I attended every session of the convention except for one. It was a very...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: The decision to progress with the marriage equality referendum was the right one. The decision to hold a referendum on lowering the age at which candidates could stand for the Presidency was wrong, as it was not the most important issue. All of the folks who came home to vote committed an illegality by voting, yet were lauded by the Government and by me as well, of course. It is obvious...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: This morning, the Cabinet agreed to take another 300 migrants between 2015 and 2016. I very much welcome that small easing of the burden and the plight of people affected, particularly arising from the conflict in Syria. It may be a pertinent time to ask the Taoiseach about the international protection Bill and the report of the McMahon working group on direct provision. A recent report...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: There is now a major crisis following the decision of Tusla to end funding for Rape Crisis Network Ireland. When will the Government produce the reformed and consolidated domestic violence Bill, finally honouring this commitment? Will the Government review the decision on funding for the Rape Crisis Network?

Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Maith go leor.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: It would not have been necessary to establish a commission of investigation if the Taoiseach or the Minister for Finance had properly answered questions in the Dáil. The taxpayer may also have been saved hundreds of millions of euro, money which would have been better spent on health services, tackling poverty or building schools. Since 2012, Teachta Pearse Doherty and I, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Co-operation (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 147. To ask the Taoiseach the progress arising from the commitment to an intensive programme of work made in the implementation of the Joint Statement by the Irish and British Governments, which was published on 12 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22299/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Co-operation (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 148. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made since the publication in June 2013 of the Joint British-Irish Economic Study, arising out of the March 2012 Joint Statement by the Irish and British Governments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22302/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Co-operation (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 149. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have been held between the Secretary General of his Department and the Cabinet Secretary to take forward the work of the Joint Statement by the Irish and British Governments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22305/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Co-operation (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 150. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have been held involving the Secretary General of his Department and the Cabinet Secretary with the relevant lead Departments, as committed to in the March 2012 Joint Statement by the Irish and British Governments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22306/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Co-operation (9 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 151. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made using the North-South bodies, the British-Irish Council standing secretariat and private sector networks, as committed to in the Joint Statement by the Irish and British Governments in March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22308/15]