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Order of Business (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Tá trí cheist agam faoi chlár an Rialtais. Tá ceann amháin faoi thuairisc McMahon, ceann eile faoi chearta mhuintir na Palaistíne agus an ceann deireanach faoi chearta an lucht oibre. I put the question about the McMahon report to the Tánaiste last week and did not get any sort of satisfactory answer. The draft...

Order of Business (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: When?

Order of Business (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Workers have to have rights.

Order of Business (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Chuir mé ceist ar an Taoiseach faoin bPalaistín agus ní bhfuair mé freagra.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom an rún uile-pháirtí seo a mholadh os comhair na Dála. I welcome the fact that, once again, all parties in the Dáil have agreed to a motion calling on the Government actively to seek the release of information held by the British Government relating to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and the three related Barron reports. These include the inquiry into...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: It is important to recap on some of the events which led to the establishment of the O’Higgins commission in late 2014 and early 2015. The commission was established to investigate in detail the serious allegations made by Garda Sergeant Maurice McCabe into Garda malpractice in the Cavan-Monaghan division and Garda investigations into serious crime. This followed months of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised with the British Government the possible repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the likely impact of this on the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11761/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (26 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for each social welfare claim and the number of claims pending for each payment in counties Louth and Meath in tabular form. [12396/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (26 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for initial assessment for and access to ongoing counselling in the national counselling service for adult survivors of childhood abuse nationally and in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12407/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his visit to the United States of America. [11756/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he had an opportunity to raise the issue of the undocumented Irish with the Administration in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11757/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: I welcome the news that US Vice President Joe Biden will arrive here in July. He is very proud of his Irish roots, which he traces to Mayo and to the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth. He is also very supportive and very proud of the role Irish America has played in the ongoing peace process. It is also fitting that the Taoiseach attended a 1916 commemoration event in the US. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach gave a very enthusiastic response to my question when he stated he fully supported the right of the diaspora to votes in presidential elections. He had three years to do something about it, but this was not my question. My question was about citizens living outside the State, including citizens living in the other part of this island in the North. Given that the...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: I understand the British National Crime Agency has arrested two people today as part of its investigation into NAMA's Northern loan book, known as Project Eagle. For years now Sinn Féin and others have raised concerns about the sale of NAMA's loan books, including the sale and purchase process for its Northern loan book. The Taoiseach and the former Tánaiste, Deputy Joan Burton,...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Tá mé beagnach críochnaithe anois, a Cheann Comhairle. It must be fully investigated to get to the bottom of allegations of wrongdoing and cosy cartels which have cost the citizens of this State millions of euro. Does the Taoiseach not believe it is time for the Minister for Finance to make a full statement on all of these matters to the Dáil?

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Minister for Finance has not made a full statement to the Dáil. It is not just Sinn Féin which has these issues. Others have raised these issues consistently and in a very detailed way. It is impossible to get information from any of the Ministers on issues as serious as this one. The Taoiseach refused to establish a commission of investigation. NAMA is an arm of the State....

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: There was a fixer fee of £15 million.

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Tá trí cheist agam faoi chlár an Rialtais ar an Seanad, ar an nGarda Síochána agus ar an drugs payment scheme. Having listened to the Taoiseach waxing lyrically, I note the programme for Government in a wonderful understatement acknowledges that significant reform of the Seanad is long overdue, and states, "We will pursue the implementation of the Manning Report, as...

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Is this the extent of the reform of the Seanad? On 12 occasions reports have been proposed on Seanad reform and not one has been implemented. We are proposing the establishment of a committee on Seanad reform to report within weeks. Will the Government's new Seanadóirí support this proposal? On the issue of An Garda Síochána, the programme for Government commits the...

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: But you needed him.