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Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: I raised the other issue yesterday. The Taoiseach is to attend a European Council summit meeting this week. He refused to have discussions before he left and refused to distribute the Van Rompuy report to the Opposition even thought the Government has had it since yesterday. Where is the reform in this institution when we need to read about these reports in the newspapers and when other...

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: I am asking about political reform. Can the Taoiseach make it clear as he was invited to do earlier that he will veto? I note-----

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: With respect, he can because he has information-----

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: I am talking about the euro. The Taoiseach is withholding information from the Opposition on what he says will be one of the most important summits.

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: It is true.

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: Is the Taoiseach in favour of equality?

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: Pull something from a hat.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: After weeks of cynical Government leaks and scaremongering, the Government has produced a budget which is devoid of hope for working people, lower and middle income families, the elderly, children and the poor. It targets some of the most vulnerable in society for cuts and stealth taxes. Gheall an Rialtas buiséad bunaithe ar cothromas, postanna agus athchóiriú, ach ní dhearna sé sin. A...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: Moreover, on 14 occasions Ministers and the Taoiseach have breached their own pay cap to award higher salaries to their special advisers. Just this week we saw the controversy in regard to a former Fine Gael director of communications and now special adviser to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton. The Taoiseach saw fit to intervene directly to seek this pay rise...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: Could we have order please? Has the Leas-Cheann Comhairle spoken to the Taoiseach?

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: Thank you.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: If the Taoiseach wants to table a debate on this in the Government's time, I would be very happy to facilitate it. At the moment I want to talk about the Government's budget but he does not want me to talk about that.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan's, budget announced yesterday was a stealth tax budget. Of the €1 billion he raised, the massive bulk of it came from stealth charges – the VAT increase, the household charge, carbon tax, motor tax and excise duties. It was an anti-jobs budget. It is a pro-landlord and pro-property speculators budget. The Government has protected property reliefs...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, confirmed on Monday that more nursing homes will be closed in 2012. This is dreadful news for elderly people and their families as we approach Christmas. The way in which the Government has approached this issue has been sleekit. The names of 80 nursing homes which may be closed was leaked to the media, including two in my constituency of Louth, St....

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: However, two days after these cuts were announced, there is no certainty for these residents. This is no way to treat the elderly citizens of this State. The cuts to the disability allowance payment from €188 to €100 for 18-21 year olds and €144 for 22-24 years olds are outrageous. They sparked anger and outrage among the public and scared Labour Party and Fine Gael backbenchers. In...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach has stated the entire Cabinet took the decision and that the matter will be referred for review. I asked whether the Government equality proofs proposals. In response our resident clown, the Minister for whatever it is, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, stated-----

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: -----the Government did not have a machine through which to run the budget to equality proof it. However, €150,000 is allocated in the budget to the Department of Justice and Equality for equality proofing. What about joined-up, transparent and better government?

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Government may have paused the cuts, but it chooses to take money from the disabled. This is evidence of how far it has sunk and the Labour Party has strayed from its socialist and James Connolly roots. The cuts to education amount to €316 million. The Taoiseach was waving bits of paper about, but this document tells us we need to know everything about the Government's attitude...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: Increasing the student contribution fee by €250 will make higher education the preserve of the elite. I spoke to the Taoiseach about what constituted a republic. It is based on citizens who should have the right to access education at all levels. The Government plans to cut guidance counselling services, which will have far-reaching consequences for young people who need support at...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Gerry Adams: This is set against the alarming backdrop of increasing rates of suicide, self-harm and depression among the young. Added to this is the challenge faced by teachers who must deal with bullying in the classroom. Now more than ever we need guidance counselling services in schools.