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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she accepts the conclusion of the Oireachtas final report on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern, on Crowe Street in Dundalk on 19 December 1975 that there was widespread collusion between British State forces and Unionist paramilitaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45474/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she accepts the conclusion of the Oireachtas final report on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern on Crowe Street in Dundalk on 19 December 1975 that it will lead to a commission of inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45475/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a Commission of Investigation into the bombing of Kay’s Tavern on Crowe Street in Dundalk on 19 December 1975 [45476/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: 102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she accepts the conclusion of the Oireachtas final report on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern that there was sufficient information available to the Government that British security personnel were working with and as loyalist paramilitaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she accepts the conclusion of the Oireachtas final report on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern that more should have been done by the State to assist victims of the atrocities and that they should not have been left in a position where they legitimately felt they had been forgotten about;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request An Garda Síochána to meet the families of the victims of the bomb attack at Kay's Tavern and other incidents covered by the reports of the Barron Commission and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights; if An Garda Síochána will brief the families on the current...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: When will the report on breaches of planning rules that was approved this morning be published?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: Is it a coincidence that it is only being published now after three years because of the RTE programme on the behaviour of some councillors?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: It is not agreed. It a hugely important Bill to establish the Policing Authority. I have read in the newspapers that the Cabinet was to consider dispensing with the five-day cooling off period to facilitate its speedy signature by the President. All of this, including the use of the guillotine tonight, is about getting the Bill through before the Dáil rises and Sinn Féin is...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: Tá cúpla ceist agam faoi the health information and patient safety Bill, the public sector standards Bill and the planning Bill. I understand the public sector standards Bill and the planning Bill were brought before the Cabinet today. The public sector standards Bill deals with the replacement of the Standards in Public Office Commission. The objective of the planning Bill is to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: I was going to say the Taoiseach is the lead commentator and the Minister for Health is playing second best but this is the season of goodwill.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach never mentioned the Cabinet Committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht. Did that committee meet at all and can the Taoiseach give us some sense of what it did? Questions to the Taoiseach allow the Opposition leaders scrutinise the work of the Department of the Taoiseach but the Ceann Comhairle has to keep to the rules. We appreciate, however, the latitude he allows at times. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: It was about the Cabinet Committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: We do not have a language policy.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committees and sub-committees meetings that he attended from July 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44673/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: First, let me extend best wishes to the newly appointed chairman of the Policing Authority and its soon to be appointed members. However, I also express my concern that the new authority will not be truly as independent as it might be. I welcome the Taoiseach's indication that the Cabinet sub-committee on justice reform will consider the Garda Inspectorate's report. That report, Changing...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform last met. [42223/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform that have taken place since it was established. [42224/15]

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach has said it is not possible to set up a single authority with responsibility for the management of the River Shannon. Surely, that is what we are here for. We are paid to enact legislation in that regard if it is the right way forward. It is possible if there is the political. The problem is that successive Governments, rather than being proactive or strategic, have been...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach failed to adhere to commitments he made at the time. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is happy to blame the insurance industry for its refusal to provide flood cover. As the Taoiseach did not answer the following question, I will put it to him again. Will he, first, reverse the cut to the OPW's flood risk management programme and, second and...