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Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Standards (24 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been undertaken to ensure HIQA compliance at a facility (details supplied) in County Louth further to a published HIQA dementia care inspection report. [44898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Standards (24 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been undertaken at a facility (detail supplied) in County Louth following a HIQA dementia care inspection report deeming non-compliance in respect of safeguarding and residents safety; if the restraint management review has been undertaken; if so, the findings of same; if the facility has been given assistance by his Department or the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Standards (24 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if in the absence of major refurbishment works, a facility (details supplied) in County Louth it is set to remain HIQA non-compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44900/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Standards (24 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date regarding a facility (details supplied) in County Louth which is included in the 90 designated centres that will see investment from Government in order to comply with HIQA; if resources will be allocated in the interim to address ongoing HIQA concerns regarding inadequate storage for both residents and staff; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be allocated to provide respite services in County Louth from the €15 million announced in budget 2018 for the provision of disability services; if funding has been allocated to provide emergency respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44964/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional €15 million announced in budget 2018 for the provision of disability services will be allocated; the amount of funding that will be allocated to each CHO area; and the services, programmes or projects that will receive funding from this allocation. [44965/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (24 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 3 October 2017, the date on which the RSA commenced the review of the way in which a place of birth is recorded on licences; the scope of this review; the engagement that has taken place with counterparts in other parts of the island; when the findings of this review will be complete; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding will be allocated to programme (details supplied) in County Louth from the budget 2018 disabilities allocation; the amount of funding that will be allocated in this case; and if this scheme forms part of the stated commitment that all school leavers with disabilities should have access to supports and services...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: I want to talk to the Taoiseach about the North and about his Government's recent briefings to the media. Last week, press reports attributed to briefings from the Government said that Sinn Féin's leader in the North, Michelle O'Neill, did a deal with the DUP to restore the Executive but that she was blocked by senior members of the party. Michelle is a senior member of the party. In...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: I never give up. The Taoiseach has learned nothing. I asked him a straightforward question. These were briefings from his Government. What about accountability? What about transparency? I asked him what they were about and he did not answer. The Taoiseach should also explain why a Government source accused Sinn Féin - as the Taoiseach has done just now - of being more focused on...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: With respect to the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, and John Bruton, the Taoiseach has to fulfil his responsibilities, his obligations and his duty to the people of the entire island. In particular, he must deal with the British Prime Minister as an equal and ensure that both Governments honour their obligations. That is much more difficult than last week's carry on. It is much more difficult...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: I am advised that at least ten former designated public officials, including two former Fine Gael Senators and four special advisers to Ministers in the previous Government, have been lobbying against the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015. The Bill is hugely important for the health of our society. Some 500 people die each year from alcohol-related cancers, there are three deaths every day...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment 2017 overview of strategic risks. [43822/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: I support the call for time to be set aside to discuss climate change and all the consequences it has for people on this island and worldwide. The Government could usefully set aside time to discuss the national risk assessment report. I would like to address one issue, which is Brexit. Research conducted by the European Commission's agricultural and rural affairs committee warns that a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D (infrastructure) last met and when it is scheduled to meet again. [44614/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: Has a Cabinet committee discussed the urgent need for investment in our wastewater and sewerage infrastructure? The wastewater treatment facilities in 50 of our large towns and cities do not comply with EU standards. These include the facilities at Ardee, Drogheda and Dundalk in my constituency. Untreated raw sewage is still entering the environment in 44 urban areas. The Environmental...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: That has resulted in the European Commission taking the State to the European Court of Justice for breaching the Urban Waste Water Directive. There is the potential for a substantial fine. What actions has the Government agreed on to meet this challenge? Details of the renewed funding for Traveller-specific accommodation and the implementation of Traveller accommodation programmes were...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with the First Minister of Scotland, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, on 5 October 2017. [44615/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: We all know the disastrous decision by the English Tories to call a referendum. The outworking of that referendum has placed a huge burden on people in Scotland, this State and the North and created very real economic, political and social challenges. Scotland, like the North, runs the risk of being pulled out of the European Union against its will. In the case of this island, it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2017)

Gerry Adams: There is no real room for negotiation.