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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet committee meetings scheduled between now and the end of December 2016. [38776/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: Will there be meetings of the health committee or the committee on judicial reform before the end of the year? I ask because of the ongoing crisis in the health services which need constant attention and new policies, although the latter are probably an argument for another day. I was particularly taken by an interview on "Morning Ireland" by a doctor from south Tipperary who described the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: The meeting of the British Irish Council was the first which the British Prime Minister had the opportunity to attend since she was elevated to the office, and the first since the Brexit referendum, but she did not show up and neither did the senior British Minister put in charge of Brexit, David Davis. My colleague, the deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, rightly in my view criticised...

Business of Dáil (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. It is a mark of the character of the messing on this very serious issue that the Government should do such a thing.

Business of Dáil (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach needs to take responsibility for his office and those who give misleading briefings.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meeting of the British-Irish Council which he attended on 25 November 2016. [38639/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when he last spoke to the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May; and if he raised with her potential issues relating to the Good Friday Agreement arising from Brexit. [38777/16]

Business of Dáil (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: May I raise a point of order regarding Standing Order 46?

Business of Dáil (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Ceann Comhairle will know that Standing Order 46 states: "The Ceann Comhairle shall have discretion to permit any member to make a personal explanation in the Dáil". He will also know that I made this request to him yesterday. Our press officer was contacted yesterday evening by a journalist, Niall O'Connor, from the Irish Independent. In an e-mail he stated that the Government...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: Almost two years ago following the discovery of new evidence and my raising of the issue in the Chamber, the Government agreed to take the case of the hooded men back to the European Court of Human Rights. That was the right decision. The 14 men involved had been tortured for seven days by the British army and the RUC special branch using brutal, in-depth interrogation techniques. The two...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: That will be useful to the hooded men. That remark was beneath the Taoiseach and his office.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: You are the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: I welcome the Taoiseach's remarks that he will work with others, including the Minister in the North. However, the Government does not have a good record in standing up to elites. I met many people affected by this a number of weeks ago. The one thing that they all have in common is hope - it is probably part of the human condition that in adversity we all have hope. Their hope springs...

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: Tá mé ag cur an ceist céanna. As the Taoiseach knows, the island of Ireland has the highest number of people in the world suffering from cystic fibrosis and the largest proportion of families with more than one child who suffers from the condition. According to Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, it affects around 1,200 adults in the State and citizens here suffer some of the most...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (6 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: Most people I spoke to were very pleased with the tone of the visit of the First Minister, Ms Nicola Sturgeon. As the Taoiseach is aware, she has been forthright in indicating her preference that Scotland remain in the European Single Market. She has also said that a referendum on Scottish independence is on the cards. I believe people here are impressed by that type of leadership. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (6 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he met the First Minister of Scotland, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, during her recent visit to Dublin. [38638/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: I am sure the Taoiseach welcomes, as do I, the statement this morning by the European Commission's chief negotiator, Mr. Michel Barnier, that he would do his utmost to preserve the success of the Good Friday process. Mr. Barnier also pointed out, as we all know, that Brexit will have consequences for the EU's external borders, including that on this island. The Government must redouble its...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the engagement his Department's officials have had with the European Commission's Brexit negotiating team led by Mr. Michel Barnier. [36336/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action last met. [37719/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Dec 2016)

Gerry Adams: According to President-elect Donald Trump of the USA, global warming is a hoax. According to the experts, hard data shows that global change presents the gravest threat to the future of humanity. On this island where we live, sea levels in the Irish Sea are rising by 3 cm per decade. While that may not sound like an awful lot, it means we will see a 0.5 m rise in the next 50 years. As...