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Social Partnership (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for that information. My questions were around trying to ensure these events do not become common place and what he has done in regard to the social partners or to bring in legislation. Diageo, which is a hugely profitable company, makes billions in profits and sells Harp and Guinness globally as Irish brands, closes a brewery in Dundalk with the stroke of a pen. Some...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet Sub Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs he has attended. [3681/12]

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: I welcome the Taoiseach's willingness to intervene with KPMG. I may return to him regarding Diageo workers. The company is a thriving multinational company that is to lay off up to 250 workers. The wealth of their talent and skill in the brewery in Dundalk is being lost. Has the job stimulus package been discussed by the Cabinet sub-committee on economic recovery and jobs? It is the only...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: We have the second highest rate of youth unemployment.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: We are doing great.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Our youth unemployment figure has been reduced because so many young people are in far-off places such as Australia and elsewhere. There is a big job to be done. When members of the Opposition, particularly members of Sinn Féin, bring these facts to the Taoiseach's attention, it is not that they despair. We are not from that camp, we have great faith in the Irish people, although not in...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: They elected the Deputy's party on a mandate that it tore up.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: What proposals are there for a job stimulus package? Without one, we will not find our way out of this mess. I cannot get away from the fact that the Taoiseach signed up last night to making cuts or tax increases amounting to another €6 billion, yet there is not one red cent for jobs. Tá Sinn Féin an-soiléir faoi seo. Táimid i bhfábhar infheistiú agus stimulus postanna i réimsí...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: I put down the question to try to establish the type of work the Cabinet sub-committee is doing in terms of its remit of economic recovery and jobs. I cannot come away from the fact the Taoiseach plans to cut €8.6 billion from the economy in the next three years to meet the troika deficit target, plans to pay bad banks €3.1 billion on 31 March and yesterday agreed to a target that will...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: You are not required to do this, Taoiseach, you decided to.

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 85: To ask the Taoiseach the dates for European Council meetings for the rest of 2012 that have been agreed. [4778/12]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for foreign visits in the time ahead. [4779/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach the salaries and allowances paid to his private secretary and to the Secretary General of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5035/12]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the number of appointments that have been made to State boards by him since he took office, including the names of the appointees and the boards they have been appointed to; the number of these appointments that have been made using new procedures involving the advertising of such posts on his Department's websites and the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the salaries and allowances paid to his private secretary and to the secretary general of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5029/12]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the number of appointments that have been made to State boards by him since he came to office, including the names of the appointees and the boards they have been appointed to; the number of these appointments that have been made using new procedures involving the advertising of...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with AIB and Permanent TSB regarding the possibility of removing tracker mortgages from their balance sheets into separate vehicles; if he has engaged with the ECB on the issue; the number of customers this will affect; the likely effect on customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4821/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance the salaries and allowances paid to his private secretary and to the Secretary General of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5028/12]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the number of appointments that have been made to State boards by him since he came to office, including the names of the appointees and the boards they have been appointed to; the number of these appointments that have been made using new procedures involving the advertising of such posts on his Department's...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (31 Jan 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the senior bondholders who were paid in full by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on 25 January to the sum of €1.25 billion; if these bondholders made a profit on the payment; if he has such a list; if IBRC has such a list; if the payment of these bondholders falls within the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor...