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Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: Dear John letters.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: Only a bit of it.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: Yes.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: A shopping mall.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the European Union leaders' summit in Brussels in Belgium in mid-October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42208/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when he last met with the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42225/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach who within the Government has responsibility for preparing the Government’s political, economic and policy arguments against British Government proposals on European Union membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44676/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Louth under the carer's allowance scheme including when a decision will issue. [2996/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: 368. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Louth is unable to access the drug Fampyra, in spite of its approval by the Health Service Executive in October 2015 to be included in the medical card scheme and the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3133/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: 369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-imburse costs to persons for the drug Fampyra, who are covered under the general medical services scheme and the long-term illness scheme for the period following the end of the trial until its approval by the Health Service Executive on 1 October 2015, given the considerable financial costs incurred by such persons in need of treatment; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria persons must meet in order to be approved for use of Fampyra under the long-term illness scheme; the average waiting time for approval; the mechanisms through which persons can actively pursue approval or determine reasons for refusal for this treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3135/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Easter Rising Commemorations (26 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: 509. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why, in relation to invitations to attend State 1916 centenary events, she is making a distinction between relatives of those who were active in 1916 but who did not claim a statutory pension and the relatives of those who were active in 1916 but who did claim a statutory pension and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach's starting point in dealing with this issue must be that the health service for which he is responsible is in total chaos. Sin é; that is the truth of the matter. Last year was the worst year on record for patients in terms of the indignity and distress of waiting on hospital trolleys. The European health consumer index published recently found that this State had the...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: -----they would have a right to health care based on their health needs. If citizens were treated properly in this centenary of 1916, the Government would be obliged to guarantee not only the right to proper health care but also the right to dignity and respect. To do so, it would have to build a public system, but it refuses to do this. That is the nub of the problem. The Government's...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: Mo cheist is as follows.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: After five years in office, will the Taoiseach give a straight answer as to the reason the Government refuses to develop a universal health service for all that is free at the point of delivery and paid for through progressive taxation?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: That is the question the Taoiseach should answer, and he should ignore the hecklers behind him. Why does the Government not develop a system of universal health care for all, one that is based on equality and health needs and paid for through progressive taxation?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: That is a different issue.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: I think it might be Deputy Michael Lowry ringing the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2016)

Gerry Adams: I am not doing down health service workers. I have had the experience of being in their care since I came to this part of the island. Let us go back to what the Taoiseach promised. The Taoiseach promised free GP care for all. Where has that promise gone? The Taoiseach promised to abolish the HSE. Where has that promise gone? The Taoiseach promised to abolish prescription charges....