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Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Táim fíor-bhuíoch don Leas-Cheann Comhairle as an seans a thabhairt dom labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. Táim an-sásta go bhfuil an tAire, an Teachta Charlie Flanagan, anseo linn. Monday's RTE documentary on collusion brought into sharp focus the shameful role of the British State, from its highest political level, in the planning, ordering and...

Deaths of Irish students in California: Statements (17 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Déanaim comhbhrón ó chroí le teaghlaigh na ndaoine a bhfuair bás agus atá gortaithe. Táimid uilig ar fud an oileáin seo agus ar fud na Stáit Aontaithe an-bhrónach. I extend on my behalf and that of Sinn Féin our deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the six students who were killed and the seven others who were injured...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: With respect, I do not think it is good enough. The fact is the Taoiseach is dealing with the aftermath of the problem, not the problem itself. The problem is that there is a culture which allows for golden circles and insiders, and which actually foments inequality. If we look at this, I mentioned D2.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I am not blaming anyone.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I have made it clear that there is nothing illegal in what is going on-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: -----but D2 investors have included Seán FitzPatrick of Anglo Irish Bank and a former Fine Gael Attorney General. Liquidators KPMG have also worked as auditors for D2 Private, so Clerys' liquidators also worked for the purchaser. Are there not clear conflicts of interest there? If one scrutinises the companies registration office, it lists a man called Rafael Klotz as a director...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: It should be remembered that Gordon Brothers left Dublin after shafting the concession holders and workers with an extraordinary profit of €19 million. It is all about golden circles, insiders and networks within networks. It is all legal under the company law which this Government introduced. I am asking the Taoiseach to commit to allowing the passage of legislation to rectify this...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I concur with the remarks of Deputy Micheál Martin and the Taoiseach on this terrible tragedy and appreciate that I will have the opportunity to speak about it later. For the present, I want to return to the issue of what the Taoiseach described as the grossly insensitive and appalling treatment of Clerys workers and concession holders. Boston based vulture capitalists, Gordon...

Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I too wish to raise the issue of last night's programme on collusion. I do so in two contexts: first, the need for a debate in this House and, second, the question of the Good Friday Agreement and the commitments in the programme for Government to the full implementation of that Agreement. I welcome the Taoiseach's indication that a debate will take place. However, he has said consistently...

Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin is also opposing the proposal for the late sitting because it is unnecessary. We had a recess which was completely unnecessary at the start of the month. It appears to us that the Government is attempting to cram legislation in before the summer recess. This does not represent orderly management of the legislative programme. It is also unfair and has implications for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet committee on justice reform has held since it was established; and when it last met. [12801/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: It might be useful if the Taoiseach could indicate when he expects the Fennelly report might be published. The committee has met two times more than the other one with which we dealt and has also dealt with many scandalous issues that eroded public confidence in the administration of justice. I welcome the fact that the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I wish to deal with the efficiency of this committee, which the Taoiseach has told us met six times in the past 12 months. It has responsibility for housing, planning and mortgage arrears. I listened keenly to the figures the Taoiseach produced earlier. If we judge it on results, almost four family homes are being repossessed or surrendered every day. According to Central Bank figures,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I appreciate that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet sub-committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears held in the past six months. [12802/15]

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach expressed sympathy for the Clerys workers. I have no doubt that he was sincere enough, but the Government is also partly to blame for their dilemma. We have seen it before. Workers in Waterford Crystal, TalkTalk, La Senza, Lagan Brick, Vita Cortex, Game and others were frustrated in gaining access to basic rights and entitlements. Three years ago the Taoiseach and his...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Let me disagree with the Taoiseach profoundly. This is not a very complex issue. It is very straightforward and has to do with workers' rights and industrial relations. The Taoiseach mentioned Mr. John Finn whom I met today. He has worked for Clerys for 43 years and was given half an hour to clear his personal effects from the premises, in which he served loyally for all of those years....

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: Workers' rights.

Deaths of Irish students in California: Expressions of Sympathy (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: I also wish to express deepest sympathy on my behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin to the families of the five Irish people who have died in tragic circumstances in Berkeley, north California, and to the families of the eight others who have been hospitalised. Táimid ag smaoineamh ar na daoine bochta seo agus muid ag déanamh comhbhrón lena dteaghlaigh ag an am brónach seo.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (16 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 478. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the national office for the prevention of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence has formulated its new cross-sectoral strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23922/15]