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Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (19 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: I commend all of those participating at the Citizens' Assembly. I welcome Ms Justice Laffoy's statement that the assembly's work will be open and transparent. The Taoiseach will recall that, when the Constitutional Convention was being put in place, Sinn Féin made a full proposition to the Government that would have reshaped our Constitution for a future Ireland and re-imagined the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform last met. [30554/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: Am I right in saying this is October?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: This very important sub-committee has not met since July and there are ongoing controversies and allegations about a concerted campaign within An Garda Síochána to discredit a whistleblower. We have a very senior former head of the Garda press office saying there was an organised campaign in senior Garda management to destroy the reputation of one of these whistleblowers. As I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: I am aware of the powers of the Policing Authority. Indeed, Sinn Féin made a detailed submission to the Government at the time of the authority's establishment based on our experience of the Patten commission on police reform in the North. My question in this regard was very specific. The Taoiseach may have given me the answer in the midst of the other verbiage he delivered but, if...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: It has not been done.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: What about the appointments made in May and July?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: I referred to the chairperson of the Policing Authority.

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: This week's meeting in advance of the European Council is a key and important engagement as the British Government Brexit plans have become far clearer in recent weeks. Front and centre of our Government's approach must be an appreciation of the fact that citizens in the North voted to remain in the European Union. That must be advocated, recognised and respected. Yesterday during Leaders'...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (20 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the making available of Orkambi to cystic fibrosis sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31318/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (20 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the negotiations the government has undertaken with the supplier of Orkambi (details supplied) to ensure the supply of this needed drug following the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics recommendation that Orkambi was deemed not to be cost effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31319/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (20 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: 234. To ask the Minister for Health if he has raised the issue of unjustified pricing of life-changing drugs such as Orkambi at EU Council level; if his attention has been drawn to the pricing of Orkambi being an issue in other countries across the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31320/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (20 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide further information on the structural requirements for boats from Ireland transporting live exports through the Bay of Biscay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31229/16]

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: As well as the prospect of 17,000 teachers engaging in strike action, there is the prospect of 12,500 gardaí withdrawing their labour. There is also a very real prospect that nurses and doctors will engage in industrial action in the near future. They are doing this not out of greed or selfishness but because of very legitimate concerns about their pay and conditions. These concerns...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: We want the talks to succeed. The Taoiseach has outlined all of the difficulties and problems but he has to be a problem solver and solution finder. The fundamental principle here is one of pay equality. We get conflicting messages all the time from the Government. The Taoiseach says the public sector pay commission will be the way forward, while the Minister for Public Expenditure and...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: Except for Deputies and Ministers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed with British Prime Minister, Theresa May, matters relating to the North at the European Council meeting. [31699/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: Did the Taoiseach take the opportunity to remind the British Prime Minister of her obligations under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in respect of all the rights and entitlements that are contained in the Agreement? Did he ask her about the British Government's intention to replace the Human Rights Act? Many of the protocols in the Good Friday Agreement are based on various European...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (25 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: I asked the Taoiseach three questions; he never answered one.