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Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: Will the Minister give way again?

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: If the Minister knew all the things he thought he knew, he would be a wiser man than he is.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: Let me respond to the Minister's question. Sinn Féin Deputies will not be taking this increase and will be signing it back over to the taxpayer. We believe in equal pay for equal work; the Minister does not-----

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: -----and that is very clear.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: He sets the salaries for teachers.

Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: That is obvious.

Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: This morning, we heard the verdict of the people of the USA in national electoral contests. The Republicans now control the Senate and the House of Representatives, but the most important of these contests was the presidential election. Mr. Donald Trump has now been elected to be the 45th President of the United States of America. The people of the USA have spoken and the onus is clearly...

Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: As the Taoiseach said, one of the massive issues has to be the plight of the 50,000 undocumented Irish. As he recounted, President Obama did try to make progress on that issue, but he was blocked in Congress. That blocking may and, arguably, is likely to continue. In fairness to him, the Taoiseach has raised the issue many times, as I have. I appeal to him to persist in the time ahead. ...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 will be introduced in the Seanad next week. It contains no measures on rent certainty. However, given the highly concerning figures for the third quarter of 2016, will the Taoiseach commit to amending the Bill? Given Deputy Micheál Martin and his crocodile tears this morning, will he commit to supporting this?...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: Will it include rent certainty?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: I also want to raise the issue of the attitude of the Government to the call to bring 200 unaccompanied refugee children, who face serious risk in Calais, as articulated by Not On Our Watch, to Ireland. I have a copy of the proposed draft motion. I have not had the opportunity to consult with anyone on it, but it is ambiguous, unconditional and makes no real commitments. It certainly does...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: It is not our business to go against the result of any democratic vote taken in anyone else's country. For a long time, that was the great irritant in our affairs, in that others decided what we should do. One does not have to agree with the outcome or the policies of those who are elected. In Ireland and the United States Sinn Féin has argued with US Presidents, including personally,...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: Front-line workers in health, education, justice and transport have had to deal with a system that has had its budget cut to the bone. The workload and work environment has gotten worse. Pay has decreased and conditions have deteriorated. Public sector workers have had €12 billion taken from their pay while they work an additional 15 million hours a week. New entrants since January...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: I asked the Taoiseach about starting talks. The Taoiseach ignored that question. It was a simple proposition. I asked him to start talks to try to find a pathway through these difficulties. The Taoiseach has said there needs to be fairness for all workers. That is the exact opposite of what the Government is doing. The Government stance is untenable and I believe the Taoiseach knows...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: When?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur faoin mBille um fhoréigean baile, the consolidated domestic violence Bill. I commend Safe Ireland on organising a summit on domestic violence. The issue of domestic violence is one which has not received the priority it requires from this or previous Governments. Research published by Safe Ireland shows that one in three women experience severe...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: Táim buíoch den Cheann Comhairle. Beidh mé go han-sciobtha. I want to deal with one issue. In September 2013, the Constitutional Convention voted to extend voting rights to citizens living outside the State. In November 2015, the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs made a recommendation to extend these rights following criticism by the European Commission. More than...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform will take place. [34562/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: I also wonder what the Cabinet committee on social policy does. One of the big injustices on our watch is the incarceration of people in so-called direct provision centres. The Government has failed to implement any of the 173 recommendations of the McMahon report, which was published a year and a half ago. An tUachatarán, Michael D. Higgins, described the proposals as reasonable and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services Data (15 Nov 2016)

Gerry Adams: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently waiting for places at the Central Mental Hospital; the average waiting time for a person to be transferred to the Central Mental Hospital; the provision for persons whose medication cannot be administered within the prison system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35176/16]