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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [3067/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Last week, the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government published its homelessness figures for December, and it revealed that for the first time more than 7,000 citizens are dependent on emergency accommodation funded by the Department. In December, 4,643 adults were in emergency accommodation, which was an increase of 207 on the previous month. The number of families...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (1 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and addresses of the 57 schools in County Louth which do not currently have access to a NEPS psychologist for the purposes of carrying out an educational assessment. [4723/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure (1 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to NEPS in County Louth under the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments each year for the past five years for private educational assessments by psychologists. [4724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (1 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in County Louth who are currently awaiting an educational assessment under the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments; the length of time each child currently on the waiting list has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4725/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (1 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole-time equivilent NEPS positions that will be recruited in County Louth under the recruitment competition put in place by the Public Appointments Service; and the current whole-time equivalent NEPS staff complement in County Louth. [4726/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (1 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a household (details supplied) in County Louth will have access to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4758/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (1 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a household (details supplied) in County Louth will have access to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4759/17]

European Communities (Brexit) Bill 2017: First Stage (2 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the European Communities Act 1972, so as to ensure the Government reports to the Oireachtas on negotiations regarding the United Kingdom's intention to withdraw from the European Union; and to provide for related matters. Tá mé ag iarraidh go gceadófar dom Bille a thabhairt isteach...

European Communities (Brexit) Bill 2017: First Stage (2 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Financial Forum (2 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent engagement at the European Financial Forum in Dublin. [4582/17]

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: I am not impressed by the Taoiseach's reply. Last night, the "RTE Investigates" programme showed that tens of thousands of patients waiting for operations and procedures are not even included in the official waiting list numbers published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. I commend the programme makers. It appears that over 80,000 patients have been excluded from the official...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Yes, the Minister is grinning.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: All I ask is that the Minister consider the proposal, take it away, read it and come back with a reply.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: The idea for a committee to look at a ten-year health plan did not come from the Minister but from an Teachta Róisín Shortall. Both Deputies O’Reilly and Buckley, on behalf of Sinn Féin, play a full part in that committee. The waiting list figures were kept away from that committee, however. I asked the Taoiseach to consider the proposition for a single integrated...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach also wants to keep the recovery going.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Yes.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: I wish to ask the Taoiseach again about the Government's commitment to recognise Traveller ethnicity. Will the Taoiseach update us on the position? A recent report of the ESRI highlighted the many areas of inequality and disadvantage confronting the Traveller community. Crucially, the report supports ethnicity. Each time I have raised this with the Taoiseach, he has said work is being...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Yes it would.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Yes.