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Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: I know, but the Deputy is not a friend. Gabh mo leithscéal. I note the Deputy's presence. He may be interested to know what his party committed to. Its election manifesto states: Labour is committed to [the] concept of public enterprise, and is determined to ensure that semi-state companies play a full role in the recovery of the Irish economy. Labour is opposed to short-termist...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Members opposite are very low achievers. They should be more ambitious not for themselves, but for the people of this island, particularly those who will suffer most if the Government persists in its current strategy.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Government must ask itself about the social consequences of all of this.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Ná bí ag cur isteach orm, a Aire Stáit, le do thoil. What will happen if there is no public airline, no public bus company, no public energy body, no public postal service and no public forestry body? The Government seems to know the price of everything but the value of nothing.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: It was famously said about the Labour Party that it went into the GPO with James Connolly and never came out again. If there is any purpose to the Labour Party being in government with Fine Gael, surely it is to stand up for the rights of ordinary workers. If there is any rationale for the party's role in this Administration, it should be as the voice of the marginalised and dispossessed....

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: However, the Labour Party sought an entirely separate mandate. I resent greatly the blatant ignorance of people who know nothing about the North - who could choose to educate themselves if they so wished - seeking to distract attention from their own shortcomings.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: If there is a problem, Members opposite should look in the mirror. They should face up to their responsibility as members of the Government. There is little regard for the social consequences of these Government policies. One need only walk into any working-class area or any neighbourhood where people would not previously have expected to find themselves economically vulnerable. Members...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: I ask the Minister of State to use his own time to persuade us in a constructive way of the merits of the Government proposal. Will he explain to us how relinquishing public control of An Bord Gáis will assist our economic recovery? We must seek a different way to the short-termism that has marked the performance of this Government. What is at stake is our very survival as an island...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Will the Acting Chairman allow me additional time to make up for the interruptions by Members opposite?

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Eircom was asset stripped following privatisation and the State subsequently fell down the league table of investment in broadband roll-out. When critical infrastructure is in public hands, it can be deployed strategically to grow the economy. There is much talk about celebrating the upcoming centenary of the 1916 Rising. The Proclamation states: "We declare the right of the people of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of part-time firefighters have been refused jobseeker's payments on the stated grounds that the conditions applying to their work as a part-time firefighter impose unreasonable restrictions on the locations at which they can accept work; if, in the interests of public safety, she...

Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the proposals from Social Justice Ireland for the creation of 100,000 part-time jobs in the public, community and voluntary sector in which the long-term unemployed could volunteer to participate in exchange for which they would be paid the going rate for the job and work the number of hours required to...

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who are employed in the Health Service Executive north-east area to deal with issues of suicide and self-harm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29236/11]

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health his strategy for dealing with the issues of suicide and self-harm in the Health Service Executive north-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29237/11]

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health the statistics he has for the incidence of suicide or self-harm in the Health Service Executive north-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29238/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (13 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health if toilets for patients in wheelchairs are available in the emergency department of Drogheda Hospital; if in recent weeks there have been occasions on which the toilets were not accessible for patients in wheelchairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29239/11]

EU Summits (18 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Eastern Partnership meeting in Warsaw. [27366/11]

European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the issues that he will prioritise at the European Council meeting on 23 October 2011. [27365/11]

European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings or contacts he plans to have with other EU leaders in advance of the next meeting of the European Council. [28548/11]

European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach if the process of creating a new integrated European affairs division with his Department has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29512/11]