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Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: Tá dhá cheist agam. Baineann an chéad ceann leis an Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill. Tá mé ag lorg díospóireacht ar ábhar eile chomh maith. The Taoiseach said we had signed the Istanbul Convention, but we have not brought in the necessary legislation, so we are in breach of a convention we have signed. The Taoiseach said the other...

Tributes to Retiring Member of Staff (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas ar mo shon féin agus ar son Sinn Féin a ghabháil le Bernard. Nuair a tháinig mé anseo cúpla bliain ó shin, bhí sé an-chairdiúil agus an-deas, mar a bhfuil na daoine uilig anseo. Mar a dúirt mé, tá mé fíorbhuíoch duit, Bernard. If I remember rightly, he has a Monaghan connection....

Tributes to Retiring Member of Staff (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: He is. I wish him well. He is, as the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and leader of Fianna Fáil stated, always cheerful and always has a smile. He was very cordial when first I joined the Dáil. That is a mark of all of the staff. He is now in a new chapter of his life and I wish him and his wife Laura the very best and a long and healthy retirement. I also hope that he gets to enjoy...

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: What about Martin McGuinness?

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: I commend everyone who has worked diligently to find solutions to the recent problems facing the North and the all-Ireland political institutions, including Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness. The leader of Fianna Fáil may have missed that the North has a Deputy First Minister, whose name is Martin McGuinness.

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: They were central to that process. I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charlie Flanagan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Sean Sherlock, for their work. I also thank the US Senator Gary Hart for his ongoing interest. I am hopeful we will see practical support from the USA for the agreement. Mr. Peter Robinson played a leadership role and I commend him on it. He...

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin rejects the notion that cutting welfare and public services is good for the economy. Whether in the North or in this State, we stand for investment, fairness, equality and proper public services on all parts of the island. The Northern Executive does not have the necessary resources to meet the full scale of Tory cuts and therefore the campaign against Tory cuts must...

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: Partition.

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Minister of State was going so well.

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: He fell at the last fence.

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: No, we have not.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland hospital group's winter capacity plans to deal with the busiest time of the year; the measures that are in place to deal with capacity at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42237/15]

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: Today, 1 December, is the one year anniversary of the death of Jonathan Corrie no more than 20 metres from this Chamber and within sight of the Dáil. Our thoughts today are with Jonathan's family and his loved ones. His death justifiably sparked outrage at the Government's inaction and failure to tackle the ongoing housing crisis. We heard lots of assurances from the Taoiseach and his...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: I am not Deputy Martin. I ask the Taoiseach to answer my question.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: Answer my question.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: It is their own fault; there is no reason for them to be on the streets this Christmas; it is their fault - the Taoiseach should read over or play back his answer to me, very slowly. I asked him a very simple question and Sinn Féin will be releasing a policy document on housing later this week. I asked the Taoiseach why he does not liaise with the European Commission to have the...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: It is continuing to refuse to invest in it and that is a deliberate choice by the Government. The Government is on the side of unscrupulous landlords, including members of Fine Gael, who are profiting from the housing crisis but it should be on the side of the homeless and of those who are languishing on the housing waiting lists.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach should be on the side of those who are struggling to keep a roof over their heads.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: Does the Taoiseach accept that his Government has failed to live up to its promise to correct the underlying issue, a lack of housing in this State? Does he accept that the Government has failed to meet its targets in respect of social housing construction this year, which is yet another failure on top of a litany of failures, chaos upon chaos?

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: There was money for the banks.