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Leaders' Questions (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. What we need now are results. In 2012, the people of this State voted to enshrine children's rights in the Constitution. Sinn Féin and others canvassed in that campaign. I met many people who were sceptical because they did not trust the State. If the Constitution is to have any value for these children, the Government must acknowledge that it...

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: Then sit down.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: I add Sinn Féin's support for Ibrahim Halawa. The Committee on the Future of Healthcare published its report this morning. I commend all of its members, in particular the Chairman, Deputy Róisín Shortall, and the two Sinn Féin representatives, Deputies Louise O'Reilly and Pat Buckley. Those who made submissions or gave evidence did a sterling job. Our policy goes...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security Committee (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the role of the national security committee. [24641/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security Committee (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: My question is about the mechanisms for oversight of the National Security Committee because while there is an understandable need for confidentiality, it must be balanced with proper accountability mechanisms. Will the Taoiseach outline the accountability and scrutiny mechanisms in place for overseeing the role of the National Security Committee? Does the committee share or authorise the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the implementation group on Seanad reform. [24639/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: As the Taoiseach has said, it is almost ten months since he wrote to the party leaders on the make-up of the implementation group. He also went on to say, if I got it right, that contact continues with the party leaders about the chair. That is news to me and, by the response of the other leaders in the House, it must be news to them as well. Therefore, it is two years since the Manning...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with European chief negotiator, Mr. Michel Barnier, on 11 May 2017. [24271/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department’s officials have held meetings with national government representatives in Brussels since the triggering of Article 50 on 29 April 2017; and, if so, the issues discussed at these meetings and the number of meetings held. [25890/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: Yesterday, Michel Barnier published two documents relating to Brexit negotiations. The first deals with essential principles on citizens' rights and covers the protection of EU citizens' rights and British nationals following Brexit. This is the one on which I will concentrate. The paper on citizens' rights sets out the protections EU wants to secure for nearly 5 million people who will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: No.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: Taxpayers' money to the tune of €20 billion was invested in Allied Irish Banks and it was taken into State control. AIB has now returned to profitability for the first time since it was taken into public ownership. Anyone with a lick of common sense would hold on to this asset as a steady source of income for the time ahead and as part of the necessary process to get a return for the...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach is now back to where he started. The biggest bank under State control, saved by the people's money, shows a profit and the Government wants to give it back to its friends as quickly and as cheaply as possible. Will the Taoiseach explain to those people out there, when Paschal is finished briefing him on a smart Alec answer to me-----

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: -----who bear the full weight of the private banking greed, why he has authorised this sale of their assets?

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: Quite rightly.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: I found it very hard to hear the beginning of the Taoiseach's response because of the cheeping from the much-depleted Labour Party benches.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: I believe I heard the Taoiseach say the taxpayers were going to get their money back. They are saddled with €64 billion for generations as a result of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil policies. Many people were angry at the Taoiseach's mantra that we must keep the recovery going. They asked, "What recovery?". It is only now that I see what he meant and how stupid we all were. It is...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The tracker mortgage scandal carries on for thousands of families. Given the Taoiseach's lack of a record in tackling corruption or white collar crime, people will be appalled by his response to these issues. He has no vision whatsoever for reform of the banking sector. He just wants to wind back to 2008. What is wrong with the people continuing to own the bank for which they paid so...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: Does the Taoiseach think he has it back?

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The time is up.