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Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: Tá mé buíoch as an deis labhairt ar an rún tábhachtach seo. Ba mhaith liom mo chuid buíochais a ghabháil le Teachta Louise O'Reilly as ucht an rún a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Iarraim tacaíocht ó achan Teachta don rún os ár gcomhair. The decision by the Government to give ownership of the new national maternity hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (3 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent developments concerning a person (details supplied) who has been detained by Bahraini authorities since June 2016; his plans to raise these issues with the Government of Bahrain; and if he will call for the release of the person to allow them get necessary medical care from international medical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the current HSE protocol for identifying Lyme disease; the treatment options; if Lyme disease is classified as a chronic disease; if consideration will be given to classifying it as such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21251/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the German model of detecting Lyme disease; and if consideration will be given to introducing a similar model here. [21252/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with Lyme disease here; and if he will provide a breakdown of diagnoses of Lyme disease in each year for the past five years. [21253/17]

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: I understand that documentation has been given to the Committee of Public Accounts by Mr. John Barrett which completely contradicts and undermines the account given by Commissioner O'Sullivan last Thursday about her conversations with Mr. Barrett over financial irregularities in Templemore. This latest development today comes after contradictory statements from Commissioner O'Sullivan and...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The big problem for many people is that no one in the upper echelons of this State is ever held to account. I know that politicians might get their comeuppance at an election if that is the will of the electorate. However, the big issue is the lack of accountability on the part of bankers, financiers, developers, senior public officials and policymakers. People are asking who is held to...

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The programme for Government commits to holding a number of constitutional referendums, including one on Article 40.6.1 on the offence of blasphemy. This arises from the good work of the Constitutional Convention. The Taoiseach will recall that an English actor, Stephen Fry, gave an interview to Gay Byrne on the issue of faith and God and, as a result of a single complaint, we had the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [20717/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: When did it last met?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach will be aware that this morning, daft.iepublished its latest rent price report and the details are alarming. Average rents have soared to a new record high. Rents across the State increased by 13% in the past 12 months. Supply remains at an all-time low. There are only 3,084 properties available to rent across the entire Twenty-six Counties. The introduction of rent...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Regional and Rural Affairs last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [18226/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: It is quite a long time ago, 12 December 2016.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach will know that the lack of quality infrastructure, including roads and broadband, is the biggest impediment facing people in rural Ireland. It is hampering growth and economic prosperity. If people are unable to access links or communications easily they cannot live and do business in rural Ireland and rural areas cannot grow. The Taoiseach has described the urbanisation...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the Republic of Croatia, Ms Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, on 4 April 2017. [18228/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach knows better than I do that Croatia is the EU's most recent member state. The Taoiseach said he discussed the British position and that of the Government about the consequences of Brexit. 4 o’clock Did the Taoiseach ask the Croatian President if she would support special status for the North? The Taoiseach said that all of the Government's priorities are contained...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach tell us whether he raised this issue with the President of Croatia?

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: We are all agreed that the outworking of Brexit will have profound effects on all sections of our people, the economy and agreements, especially the Good Friday Agreement. In arguing for the North to be designated special status within the European Union, Sinn Féin has put forward a viable alternative to the impact of Brexit on Ireland. This reflects the position of the Dáil as...

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: That is fair enough but the Taoiseach can do that in his own time. I am simply asking him to keep it down.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: He should whisper. In recent months we have asked the Government to negotiate these positions with the other 26 EU members. It has failed to do that. The position the Government has signed up to requires that the North leave the European Union. Once again, we have an Irish Government reinforcing the Border. The Government should be working to secure designated status and acting in the...