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Ministerial Staff (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: With respect, I do not believe a judgment can be made on the basis of what passed before. It has to be based on how the majority of working people are living through this difficult time. I noticed how the leader of Fianna Fáil's question flippantly asked the Taoiseach to provide details of the cost of the staffing arrangements to him. It does not cost him anything; it is the taxpayer who...

Ministerial Staff (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Ar bhris an Taoiseach an chaidhp sin ina Rionn féin?

Ministerial Staff (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: An féidir liom teacht isteach arís?

Ministerial Staff (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: I am trying to figure out how the salary cap was breached.

Ministerial Staff (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: That was not the question.

Commemorative Events (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the preparations that have been made regarding the commemoration of the 1916 rising. [26091/11]

Commemorative Events (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: It may be appropriate to have a dignified commemoration of this State but the commemoration of 1916 is not a time to have it. The most important thing that happened in 1916 was that a republic was proclaimed but in my opinion nowhere in Ireland today do we have any sense of this republic. Between sovereignty, people's rights and partition we need a new republic and we should take this...

Commemorative Events (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach will not mind me stating the country has yet to achieve its independence. The island is still partitioned. Whatever independence was won in this-----

Commemorative Events (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: That is exactly right. Whatever independence we have in this State has been given away.

Commemorative Events (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach but I think I know an awful lot about the Good Friday Agreement. I thank him for his advice.

Commemorative Events (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: In many ways we are a great country, and we will agree on this for all the messing-----

Commemorative Events (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: -----and we are great people. The unity of our people and of orange and green and all the shades in between should be the objective of this Parliament and it is a constitutional imperative on successive governments. What is happening in the Moore Street environ is a metaphor of the state we are in. Go up the back entry of this iconic building, No. 16 Moore Street, and one will find an open...

Constitutional Amendments (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the consultations he has held or plans to hold with political parties or other stakeholders in relation to the proposed constitutional convention. [26092/11]

Constitutional Amendments (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach the preparations that have been undertaken in relation to the proposed constitutional convention. [27364/11]

Constitutional Amendments (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: I have asked two questions.

Constitutional Amendments (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: I appeal to the Taoiseach to have the consultation before the Government brings forward recommendations, otherwise it becomes a process of notification as opposed to full, inclusive consultation. I have a question about voting rights for holders of Irish passports. Sinn Féin tabled a motion in the Seanad which was voted down by the two Government parties even though the Taoiseach had given...

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Tá ceist agam faoi reachtaíocht atá geallta ag an Rialtas. I welcome the fact the Government did not oppose the Sinn Féin Bill on the joint labour committees which took place last Friday. When will the Government bring forward the temporary agency workers Bill and will it be passed into law by 5 December?

Community and Voluntary Sector: Motion (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: I wish to place on record my thanks to those many men and women in the community and voluntary sector who work tirelessly to help others. They are engaged in daily acts of practical patriotism and that is worthy of recognition and acknowledgment by this House. The community and voluntary sector is the cement which holds communities together, in particular the slightly disadvantaged...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 77: To ask the Taoiseach the occasions on which he cleared the use of the Government jet for use by Government Ministers for travel. [28150/11]

Written Answers — Export Trade Council: Export Trade Council (11 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the persons who are members of the export trade council; the number of times same will meet; and the remit of the council. [28555/11]