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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate change has met. [18145/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Was the Cabinet's decision to adopt a commercial stimulus model as its ownership model for broadband and to leave our communications infrastructure in the hands of the private sector discussed by the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate change? If it was, it reinforces what I think is a serious mistake because rural Ireland, as the Taoiseach knows, has been denied...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: I know that the new arrangements for taking Taoiseach's Questions will be reviewed, but I note that the leader of Fianna Fáil and the Taoiseach took half the time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: So I now have a minute and a half to speak.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: No, I had a question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Address it through the Chair.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Deputy Martin is at it again. Will you ask him to please let me have my say uninterrupted?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: I really would not have expected Chancellor Merkel to say anything different from what she said yesterday, but as a number of people acknowledged, things have moved on since then. Theresa May, MP, becomes British Prime Minister today. That change in Downing Street has moved more quickly than expected. She has said she will not consider triggering Article 50 until next year. This is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Okay. There are scores of programmes, jobs and communities trapped by this stalled process. Did the Taoiseach raise this issue with Chancellor Merkel and encourage her to press the EU to agree quickly to honour all the projects currently under development? Will he encourage the EU to lift the real sense of fear surrounding these projects?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on discussions he had with European leaders on the margins of the European Council meeting of 28 and 29 June 2016 and has had since then. [20700/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Resources are required.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur faoi chlár an Rialtais. The programme for Government states the Government will utilise the rural development programme to support the promotion of farm safety. The Health and Safety Authority's report for 2015 has revealed that 56 people were killed in workplace accidents, 18 of whom were working in the agriculture sector, the sector with the highest number...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: I do not know. The Taoiseach took two and a half minutes to say "no" without mentioning the word "no". I proposed very modest measures which would cost the State €65 million in taxpayers' money. This money does not belong to the Taoiseach, Fine Gael or the Independents. I presume the Taoiseach will not act on my proposals. The back-to-school allowance does not cover the cost of...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: With regard to the real value the economy, most schoolchildren have finished their studies for the summer and I hope they and their parents are enjoying the holiday break. For many parents this time of the year is one of worry and stress as they face the prospect of challenging costs associated with children returning to school in September. The report released by the Irish League of Credit...

Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Tá mé buíoch as an deis labhairt ar an rún seo agus mo thacaíocht agus tacaíocht Shinn Féin a thabhairt dó. Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Teachta Catherine Murphy as ucht an rún seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Revelations of outlandish spending on the part of the founder and his family at the Console charity have put the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electronic Health Records (12 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: 50. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the development of e-prescribing, online referrals and scheduling, telehealth and the development of summary patient records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20924/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (12 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: 120. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, for each of the past five years on legal fees; if this will be broken down in terms of legal representation for NMBI in taking fitness to practice cases, legal advice to the NMBI board, legal advice to NMBI staff and the number of fitness-to-practise cases taken by the board; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times in respect of cataract surgery for each hospital. [21164/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for persons deemed as priority in respect of cataract surgery for each hospital. [21165/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting initial assessment to be placed on a waiting list for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21168/16]