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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach did not answer the question about why he changed the composition to exclude Oireachtas Members and members of the Northern Assembly. We will now not have anyone from the Six Counties, either a citizen delegate or political representative. He also did not give any clarity about the unfinished business of the Constitutional Convention and the series of recommendations it made....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: I thank Deputy Kelly for putting this question down. I was not sure whether to ask Deputy Micheál Martin or the Taoiseach given that there are two of them in it. We have seen the Joe O'Toole controversy bringing secret deals in sharp focus. Joe O'Toole was appointed chairperson of the expert commission on water and I am reliably informed that Fianna Fáil agreed to this appointment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: I am reliably informed that Fianna Fáil agreed to this appointment. Is this the case? Did the Taoiseach inform Fianna Fáil about this appointment or in any way give it notice of the appointment of the committee? The Taoiseach alluded to the lengthy negotiations that took place before the Government reconvened as a minority Government. I recall the remarks of the leader of Fianna...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: I will rest at this. Deputy Micheál Martin correctly described the Government's position on refusing to have a commission of investigation into the sale of NAMA's loan book yet he failed to act or support the establishment of such a commission. Did the Taoiseach consult with the Deputy on that issue?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach to implement the outstanding recommendations of the Convention on the Constitution; and to hold referendums in respect of its reports and recommendations. [17117/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: I begin by commending the work of the Convention on the Constitution and the delegates, citizens, politicians, expert witnesses, Chair and secretariat. I hope I do not misremember but Tom Arnold and Art O'Leary played a very good leadership role in all of that and it worked well, although the Fine Gael-Labour Government's choice of issues for subsequent referendums left a lot to be desired....

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Yes, the expert commission on water charges.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: During Leaders' Questions I asked whether the Taoiseach would call a meeting of leaders to discuss the proposition for a post-Brexit forum. He did not give me an answer. Given that he supports the idea, as do three of the leaders who have spoken on it, he should meet us. The Government recently told us that waste companies had agreed to freeze the introduction of pay-by-weight charges...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: On a point of order, how do we get an answer to a very straightforward question?

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Maith an fear.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Níl mé ach ag magadh.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: What we need is a date for this forum. The Taoiseach will recall I asked him in my letter to bring together the leaders in the Oireachtas to discuss this. If we cannot get a date now for the forum, we should at least get a date for that meeting to discuss how we put it in place. I remind the Taoiseach that the DUP opposed the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 and no one stood back. Neither...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a dhéanamh le pobal Bhagdad agus go háirithe le na daoine a bhfuair bás de bharr an phléascáin mhóir ansin. I extend, on my own behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin, condolences and solidarity to the families of the 200 people killed in a bomb explosion in Baghdad. The Brexit vote, as the Taoiseach has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the status of sarcoma cancer care further to his commitments to consider appointing a permanent consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma to meet demand at St. Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19642/16]

National Asset Management Agency: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: Táim buíoch as ucht an deis labhairt ar an rún atá os cóir an Dáil um tráthnóna agus mo tabhactach a thabhairt dó. Ba mhaith liom mo chuid buíochas a ghabhail le Deputy Wallace as ucht an rún a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. For years now, Sinn Féin has been raising concerns about the sale of the National Asset Management...

Garda Síochána (Appointment of Senior Officers) Bill 2016: First Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Garda Síochána Acts 2005-2015 to provide for the appointment of persons to the ranks of Garda Commissioner and Deputy Garda Commissioner by An tÚdarás Póilíneachta. The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Garda Síochána Acts to provide for the direct appointment of the Garda...

Garda Síochána (Appointment of Senior Officers) Bill 2016: First Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: Tá dhá cheist agam: ceann amháin faoi chlár an Rialtais agus an ceann eile faoi Ibrahim Halawa. I am advised that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade told the family of Ibrahim Halawa that he was to be sentenced today and that the Government was poised to submit an immediate request thereafter for a presidential decree to be issued to have him released and returned...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: I am disappointed with the Tánaiste's answer. When I raised this question directly with the Taoiseach recently, he told me that the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, would meet representatives from WALK PEER. I knew that. The Tánaiste has now told me that he has met them. I knew that also. I spoke directly to the Minister of State, Deputy McGrath, on this issue. I also...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: I join the Tánaiste and the leader of Fianna Fáil in condemning the atrocious bomb attack on Istanbul. I extend solidarity and sympathy to the people of Turkey and to the victims and families of all those killed or injured. The programme for a partnership Government commits that persons with disabilities should be supported to maximise their potential "by removing barriers...