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Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: If I may-----

Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: An bhfuil cead agam caint, a Cheann Comhairle? Tá daoine eile ag caint.

Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: I have a letter from the Ceann Comhairle's office, from the private secretary to the Ceann Comhairle, to our bainisteoir here, and this was an interpretation. I do not argue with the Ceann Comhairle's interpretation. It is that unless the House otherwise decides, neither MEPs nor members of the Westminster Parliament elected from constituencies in Northern Ireland can attend and participate...

Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: The first I heard of it was today when the Ceann Comhairle said that.

Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: To be very clear for the record, we only learned that these folks would be denied their speaking rights just before 15 September. We immediately raised that with both the whip's office and with the office of the Ceann Comhairle, in some detail, as he is aware. When the Fianna Fáil leader became aware, he did not make any representations on this. We did this properly and by the book....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if all of the new Cabinet committees have met; and if Cabinet Committee D (Infrastructure) was one of these. [39623/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: We are all now aware of the stats, as they are called. There are 90,000 homeless households, including 3,000 homeless children, while three homeless citizens died over the summer. It all comes down to an ideological question. Sinn Féin believes every citizen has the right to a home. we believe it should be a constitutional right, but the Taoiseach's Government does not share that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: I have two questions which the Taoiseach neglected to answer. Was the return of the bedsit discussed by the Cabinet subcommittee and will he explain the position of Fine Gael or the Government on the principle that I have expounded, that a citizen has a right to home?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: Will the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform examine the crisis faced by young people in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, who, as a result of Government policy, have had their income sliced from €193 to €102 a week? Focus Ireland and the National Youth Council of Ireland have been highlighting the consequences of this since 2009 and have called for these...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet Committee on Brexit will be retained when Cabinet committees are re-established. [32321/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the all-island civic dialogue. [32896/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: It is very welcome that the all-island civic dialogue on Brexit will meet next Thursday. It has been a good initiative, both in the sectoral and plenary session gatherings. It has been useful in informing the Government and I hope citizens across the island have some sense that we need to come at this issue in an all-island manner. If I understand the Taoiseach's answer properly, it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: I have a brief supplementary question. The Taoiseach knows well that Sinn Féin wants and is working to see the institutions in place in the North. He also knows the largest party in the Assembly, the Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, has signed up to a confidence and supply agreement not unlike Fine Gael's relationship with Fianna Fáil. It will support legislation on Brexit. We...

Topical Issue Debate: School Management (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle as an deis an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a phlé anseo um thráthnóna. Táim buíoch as an Aire as a bheith i láthair. Tá muintir mo dháilcheantar buartha. Tá an chás millteanach agus tá eagla mór agus imní ar dhaoine i dtaobh an t-ábhar seo. Tá daoine ag lorg...

Topical Issue Debate: School Management (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Minister for his response. I do not envy him his job. This is a small school in a small community and he has a huge Department to manage, but a solution to what is now a crisis should have been found months ago. The Department had been aware of the problems in Faughart for some time and I had brought them directly to the Minister's attention, but the Department decided not to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary places available with existing transport providers under the school transport scheme for children in County Louth for the 2017-2018 school year; and if he has satisfied himself that the places available are sufficient to met demand. [39381/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for the school transport scheme which were received in County Louth for the 2017-2018 school year; the number of applications deemed successful in meeting the criteria for a place in the scheme; the number awarded concessionary places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39385/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs that applied to the school transport scheme in County Louth for the 2017-2018 school year primary; the number deemed successful in meeting the criteria for a place; the number awarded concessionary places; and if his attention has been drawn to cases in which children are without a place on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications Data (20 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 424. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1199 of 11 September 2017, the number of new medical card applications awaiting processing by CHO area or county; and the number of these applications that have exceeded the 15 day turnaround by CHO area or county. [39376/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Sep 2017)

Gerry Adams: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if persons in County Louth can access versatis lidocaine 5% medicated plaster under GMS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40027/17]