Results 2,601-2,620 of 11,500 for speaker:Gerry Adams

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: I wish to concentrate on what is the biggest crisis since the Second World War and on the response of the European Union and the Government to it. The International Organization for Migration, IOM, estimates that between the beginning of 2016 and 25 April, a total of 196,325 emigrants and refugees have arrived in Europe, mostly by sea. This is a huge number of people who have landed in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 5. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the European Union meeting of Heads of State on 7 March 2016 with Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10019/16]

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: We need to go beyond fine words and empower these communities. Yes, we need new tough legislation to deal with the illegal trade in prescription drugs, but the report of the first ministerial task force on drugs, published 20 years ago, highlighted the link between drugs, crime, poverty and social and economic deprivation. It called for increased investment not only in front-line policing...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Last Tuesday, Teachta McDonald and I, along with several hundred citizens of Dublin's inner city, took part in a public vigil at the monument in Buckingham Street against criminal violence. The Taoiseach may recall that a memorial was erected in 2000 to remember the 150 people from that community who died during the previous 20 years from heroin and other drugs. I commend the organisers of...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: In the south inner city, there are 160 fewer gardaí. I commend An Garda Síochána on the work it does in difficult circumstances, but additional gardaí are needed, as is funding for projects and a comprehensive plan for the community in respect of jobs, councillors, children, in particular, teachers, addiction services and youth groups. A range of community services that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (25 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: 219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised with the British Government the possible repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the likely impact of this on the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11761/16]

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire fosta agus go n-éirí an t-ádh leis ina phost nua. I extend solidarity to the staff at Our Lady of Lourdes and especially to the nurses and midwives who do a remarkable job in very difficult circumstances. They also are on a work to rule at this time. Many of our hospitals and nurses are at breaking point. In the past 48 hours there were 537...

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Yes, he is.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Deputy O'Dowd's time is up.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: On a point of order, four of us were chosen and we were given one minute and 15 seconds each.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: I have it.

Domestic Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: I commend this motion, tabled by 39 Teachtaí, calling for the immediate abolition of domestic water charges. The motion is finally being discussed after weeks of stymying of the discussion by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. Neither party wanted Teachtaí to have their say on the issue of water charges and Irish Water while they conspired behind closed doors in the partnership...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electoral Acts 1992 to 2015 to ensure all polling stations are made accessible to wheelchair users. It is an injustice, and it is quite bizarre, that citizens find themselves unable to avail of the most basic of democratic rights, namely, the right to vote, because they are a wheelchair user. The purpose of the...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (24 May 2016)

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

Order of Business (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: Tá dhá cheist agam, ceann amháin faoi sheirbhísí sláinte i gclár an Rialtais agus ceann eile faoi bhean óg darb ainm Grace. Grace, as the Taoiseach will recollect, was the young woman with intellectual disabilities who remained in a foster home at the centre of abuse allegations. We are waiting for terms of reference for the commission of...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach's answer is not good enough. These are genuine questions put in a very straightforward way. That he or the Minister for Justice and Equality has not spoken to the Garda Commissioner since these issues first came into the public realm is not the right way to do business, and he refuses to treat the Dáil with the respect it deserves by refusing to answer straightforward...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach was then alerted to the tapping of telephone calls in and out of Garda stations. After telling the Dáil there was nothing to see, he acted in an entirely unorthodox way, and the Taoiseach will recall I said that at the time. Let us not forget that the most important people in all of this are the victims of the crimes that were not properly investigated. Therefore, I...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: It was not evidence; it is her instructions to her brief.