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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the financial support the Government provides for the provision of night services by general practitioners in County Louth, in each year since 2010. [29042/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (14 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: 839. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to support schemes for necessary home renovations for persons suffering with Alzheimer's and-or dementia, in view of the fact that adaptation grants provided by local authorities such as that in this Deputy's constituency often close, soon after opening, due to lack of funds; and if he will make a statement on...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Tá dhá cheist agam, ceann amháin faoi the International Protection Bill agus an McMahon report agus ceann eile faoi the Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill. The Dáil voted on Second Stage of the Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill yesterday. The Irish League of Credit Unions produced a depressing report on back-to-school costs for parents. It provides a great level of detail, such as...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach please just say "Yes" or "No"?

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: We now know who the Taoiseach thinks runs the State. It is the Central Bank. It is not the Government.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Three hundred thousand households on variable mortgage rates are paying two percentage points more than the average eurozone borrower. The Taoiseach has moaned and groaned about that, but he has done nothing about it. Last month, Sinn Féin brought forward the Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015, which would have given the Central Bank the power to cap mortgage interest...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Answer the question, Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Yes.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Will you answer the question?

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach avoided the one question I put to him, which was about giving the Central Bank the power to cap mortgage interest rates for banks that had been bailed out with public money. He ignored that question. He took us through his usual raiméas and bolscaireacht. The fact is that there are 300,000 households on variable mortgage interest rates. They are being ripped off by the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: He rammed through laws to take money from families who can least afford it while former Irish Nationwide chief, Michael Fingleton, still holds on to the €1 million bonus that he promised to return to taxpayers. There is no special legislation to deal with that. Tá dlí amháin ann do dhaoine saibhre agus dlí eile do shaoránaigh eile. The bottom line is that...

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: This Bill serves as further proof of the Government's tendency to legislate in favour of the well-off and against the interests of citizens. Under the Haddington Road agreement, the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and this Government have agreed that former Ministers and taoisigh will get significant increases in their five-figure and six-figure pensions, which are already substantial. Citizens...

Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Change the legislation.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Ministers gain more.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Tá ceist agam faoin reifreann sa Ghréig. Will the Government allocate time on Wednesday for a debate on the referendum in Greece? It is one of the seismic events in the history of the European Union. A very courageous stance was taken by Greek citizens. The vote rejects austerity and is an endorsement of efforts to secure a debt write-down. Given the consequences for the EU and...

Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Could we have a debate on that?

Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: Why have pensions been increased?

Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: I have no objection.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: No.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Gerry Adams: I noted that the Chief Whip stated of Fianna Fáil: "Even Sinn Féin would not lower itself to Fianna Fáil's standards." If only the same could be said of Fine Gael. This proposal is a mark of doing Dáil business in a Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil way.