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Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I am quoting Flann O'Brien.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: At every opportunity the Government and particularly the Taoiseach repeats the mantra that this Government is doing things differently and that legislation is dealt with openly and transparently and in an accountable way. Maith thú, a Thaoisigh. Yet here, in the very best traditions of Fianna Fáil, the Government is pulling a stroke. We have a series of motions that are designed...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach has made it clear that he will not act on the recommendation of the sixth report of the Convention on the Constitution, although the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, told the Dáil that this recommendation was accepted and that a referendum would be held to remove the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution. The law defines blasphemy as publishing or...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Atheist Ireland and their discussions on a blasphemy referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15221/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with leaders of faith communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15222/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met any of the faith communities since the "Yes" vote in the marriage equality referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22945/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: It might be worthwhile to try to contextualise this a little. The former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, was embroiled in a series of controversies brought to the attention of the Taoiseach and others by Garda whistleblowers John Wilson and Maurice McCabe. Many of the claims made by these two courageous public servants have since been vindicated. The response of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the correspondence he received on 8 December 2014, referred to during the Order of Business on 28 January 2015, from a legal firm (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15224/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Security Committee (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: We support it here as well, Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Security Committee (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the National Security Committee was held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4296/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Security Committee (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the National Security Committee that have taken place in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4297/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Security Committee (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for that answer and do appreciate the need for discretion. However, in our experience of the British security and intelligence systems, the ways in which secrecy can be abused, decisions and actions taken are at odds with democratic norms and values and adversely impact on the lives of citizens are now a part of our history. I am not suggesting that could happen here,...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: We know this.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I want to hear words from the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Despite the Taoiseach's protestations, he showed no evidence of sympathy with people in Greece. I am not surprised by his refusal to adopt a more reasonable and compassionate position towards the people of that country. The Greek Government has presented reasonable proposals, and will send a briefing document to anyone who wants it, on growing the economy while protecting pensioners and...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach does not favour that approach. He is also opposed to the debt conference and debt write-down which the Greek Government sought. He chose instead to impose austerity on those in this State who were least able to pay for it. Last week he claimed that, in tackling the economic crisis here, his Government did not increase income tax, VAT or PRSI. That is patently not true. The...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: We are an Irish party in Ireland.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Greek crisis is about power and punishment. The Greek Government is upholding the values of solidarity and co-operation claimed by the European movement, and has been punished for it. The Greek Government is standing up for Greece and its citizens, who are being punished by hostile EU institutions, many of them unelected, the IMF and some EU governments, including the Irish Government....

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: On Sunday, Deputy Noonan got his way when the ECB froze its funding line to Greek banks. Last week, the Taoiseach railed against the idea of debt write-down and debt relief for the Greek people. It was no big surprise, given that he never asked for a debt write-down for the Irish people. However, he has written off hundreds of millions of euro in debt for companies in this State, including...

Deaths in Tunisia: Expressions of Sympathy (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Irish people have been deeply shocked and saddened by the massacre on a beach in Sousse, Tunisia, which has resulted in the deaths of 39 people, including three Irish citizens. I wish to extend my sympathies and those of Sinn Féin to the family and friends of Lorna Carty, from Robinstown, County Meath, especially to Lorna's husband Declan, their daughter Hazel and son Simon and to the...