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Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: First Stage - An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise), 2016: An Chéad Chéim (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Yes. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the right of all citizens to adequate, secure and affordable housing, and to give effect to the decision of the Constitutional Convention that such a right be enshrined in the Constitution. Such a constitutional right to a home would oblige the State to make reasonable provision to vindicate such a right through its policies and decisions.

Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: First Stage - An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise), 2016: An Chéad Chéim (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha." I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: But you needed him.

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Put funding into it.

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Tá trí cheist agam faoi chlár an Rialtais ar an Seanad, ar an nGarda Síochána agus ar an drugs payment scheme. Having listened to the Taoiseach waxing lyrically, I note the programme for Government in a wonderful understatement acknowledges that significant reform of the Seanad is long overdue, and states, "We will pursue the implementation of the Manning Report, as...

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Is this the extent of the reform of the Seanad? On 12 occasions reports have been proposed on Seanad reform and not one has been implemented. We are proposing the establishment of a committee on Seanad reform to report within weeks. Will the Government's new Seanadóirí support this proposal? On the issue of An Garda Síochána, the programme for Government commits the...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Tá mé beagnach críochnaithe anois, a Cheann Comhairle. It must be fully investigated to get to the bottom of allegations of wrongdoing and cosy cartels which have cost the citizens of this State millions of euro. Does the Taoiseach not believe it is time for the Minister for Finance to make a full statement on all of these matters to the Dáil?

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Minister for Finance has not made a full statement to the Dáil. It is not just Sinn Féin which has these issues. Others have raised these issues consistently and in a very detailed way. It is impossible to get information from any of the Ministers on issues as serious as this one. The Taoiseach refused to establish a commission of investigation. NAMA is an arm of the State....

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: There was a fixer fee of £15 million.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: I understand the British National Crime Agency has arrested two people today as part of its investigation into NAMA's Northern loan book, known as Project Eagle. For years now Sinn Féin and others have raised concerns about the sale of NAMA's loan books, including the sale and purchase process for its Northern loan book. The Taoiseach and the former Tánaiste, Deputy Joan Burton,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach gave a very enthusiastic response to my question when he stated he fully supported the right of the diaspora to votes in presidential elections. He had three years to do something about it, but this was not my question. My question was about citizens living outside the State, including citizens living in the other part of this island in the North. Given that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: I welcome the news that US Vice President Joe Biden will arrive here in July. He is very proud of his Irish roots, which he traces to Mayo and to the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth. He is also very supportive and very proud of the role Irish America has played in the ongoing peace process. It is also fitting that the Taoiseach attended a 1916 commemoration event in the US. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his visit to the United States of America. [11756/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he had an opportunity to raise the issue of the undocumented Irish with the Administration in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11757/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance the properties the National Asset Management Agency currently owns in Counties Louth and Meath; the number of these properties that may be suitable for the provision of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13461/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing funding for the WALK Peer Project in County Louth (details supplied). [13229/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of guidance counsellors employed in secondary schools in each county, for the years 2011 to 2015. [13456/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of guidance counsellors currently employed in secondary schools by county; the number of vacant posts in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13457/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of creating ten new guidance counsellor positions. [13458/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action his Department has taken to allay concerns raised recently by the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, concerning the 2015 Central Applications Office statistics, whereby 8.1% of students made no choices compared to 1.3% in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13460/16]