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Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: Deputies may have confidence; I do not know whether that is true. They might vote for confidence, as what can they do? They either hang together or hang separately.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: However, the straight thing to do-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: However, the straight thing to do, and the Minister, Deputy Howlin, should show some leadership in this regard, is call the election-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: -----go to the polls and give the people their say because that at least will ensure all these issues will be debated. They may not be debated in here but they will be debated outside this Chamber where people meet and where they will decide on the next Government.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: I think we should proceed. This is becoming another bout of "Punch and Judy".

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: Following the calamity of the economic crash under the last Fianna Fáil-led Government, the Fine Gael and Labour parties assumed office with a huge mandate for political change. The new Government had the chance and, in particular, the support of the majority of citizens in making a new beginning. Ach mar a d'fhoghlaim muintir an Stáit seo go daor - níor tharla arthrú ar...

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: Young people continue to leave in their droves because of poor opportunities, low wages and a lack of access to housing and child care. Those paying for the Government's policies include lone parents and others who have had their child benefit and back-to-school allowances slashed. The folks in government sat around the Cabinet and took these decisions. They took decisions to remove...

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: It is a Government motion.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: I certainly agree with you on that, a Cheann Comhairle. The Dublin Simon Community launched its annual review today. The report on the worsening statistics regarding housing need is an indictment of the Government. There are 5,000 citizens in temporary shelter throughout the State, including 1,500 children. There are nearly 2,300 people in emergency accommodation in this city, including...

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: I am starting to form an opinion around some of these scandalous crises, namely, that it is Government policy. I am of the view that it is Government policy to have people on hospital trolleys. If something happens once or twice or for one month or two months, it must be policy. The Simon Community and other advocacy groups have proved that the homelessness crisis has worsened. Focus...

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: -----in which it views tenants. They are citizens with basic rights, not cash cows for private landlords. Instead of trying to solve the housing crisis, the approach of the Minister, Deputy Kelly, has been to support landlords and the owners of private rented accommodation. In his response, the Taoiseach acknowledged that not enough houses have been built. He said we cannot deal with this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: 209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the interdepartmental working group on the free-travel scheme was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the membership of the interdepartmental working group on the free-travel scheme. [31289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the interdepartmental working group on the free-travel scheme will report its findings; if these will be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31291/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: 211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the terms of reference of the interdepartmental working group on the free-travel scheme. [31290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: 602. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí allocated to the Drogheda area, County Louth, in each year since 2012; the number of community gardaí who have been seconded out of the Drogheda area to other areas in each year since 2012; and the average period for which these gardaí are seconded in each year since 2012. [30666/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: 686. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the interdepartmental group which is working on future investment in early years and school-age care and education services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30655/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: 687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a commitment to improve the standard and availability of child-care facilities, the provisions and supports that are available to child-care facilities which are proving to be financially unviable and at risk of imminent closure in areas where there are no alternative child-care facilities; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Gerry Adams: 688. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost to his Department in funding community and commercial childcare services in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30657/15]