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Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet committee on regional and rural affairs that have been held since 1 December 2016. [3069/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: We are not allowed to know how much input the Cabinet committee had into the Government's rural development plan, but there is really nothing in the plan that is new. Much like the promises we have had regarding health services, the document is long on rhetoric but without any real substance. The publication of the rural development plan coincides with the closure of post offices, Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: It must be caught in Bellewstown.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 5. To ask the Taoiseach his plans in respect of holding constitutional referenda during 2017. [4069/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: The Constitutional Convention made 38 recommendations and referenda were held on two. There is no clarity in the Taoiseach's reply today as to whether there will be a referendum this year. I wish to tease that out a little. The Taoiseach said that the issue of citizens living outside the State is under detailed consideration by the Government. What does "detailed consideration" mean?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: It is quite straightforward. Most other states give their citizens who are not resident in the state the right to vote. Given that the Taoiseach is due to visit the USA and that he will be raising the concerns about the status of citizens of this State who are exiled there, it would be nice if he could tell them that the Government is prepared to uphold their right to vote at home in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Passport holders.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and jobs is due to be held. [5742/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: We all acknowledge that the biggest threat to the economy at this time is Brexit and its consequences. Will the Taoiseach tell us what consideration, detailed or otherwise, was given to the proposition that the North be accorded a special designated status within the European Union? It might be useful to understand the thought processes and procedures which the Government went through in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: There can be no soft Border. We said this from day one. There will be a hard economic Border, which is unfortunate. The only way to deal with that is to ensure the land frontier between the European Union and the British state is not on the island of Ireland. That is the way to avoid it. The impact on the Good Friday Agreement, Border communities, jobs and wages as well as on the economy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Can I also raise again with the Taoiseach the concerns which have arisen about the future of our fishing industry following Brexit? The British fishing industry wants to exclude all foreign boats, which includes us, from its fisheries zone after Brexit. That will directly impact on at least 36% of fish caught by this State’s meagre fishing fleet. It means other fishing fleets will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: I want the Taoiseach to tell me what consideration was given to the proposal.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: I would like to think we all would like that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Does the Taoiseach not want that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach then tell me what consideration he gave to the proposal?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: What about our relationship?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: It is also unproved.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: On the hustings.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Feb 2017)

Gerry Adams: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Garda members, Garda Reserve members and civilians assigned to each Garda station in County Louth and their rank, in each year for the past five years. [6057/17]