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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 55. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke to the President of France, Mr. Francois Hollande, and to the Chancellor of Germany, Ms Angela Merkel, on their efforts to secure the future of Ukraine. [12797/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 56. To ask the Taoiseach if the issue of Syrian and other refugees fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa was discussed at the European Union Council meetings in December 2014 and March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12798/15]

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: I have not read the report. I am surprised, however, that the Taoiseach has not read it. Where I obtained this information was where most of us on these benches receive it, like those on the backbenches opposite, namely, through the media.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: I am surprised and disappointed that the Taoiseach has had not had the time to read the recommendations of the Central Bank in this regard. He says he is unhappy. That has been a consistent theme. He said it was unacceptable and not fair. However, he is not a commentator or spectator. Hand-wringing by him or the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, has not worked. Polite...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: The question is quite simple. The Taoiseach is here to protect taxpayers and householders, to stand up for them and stand up to the banks. When will he introduce specific measures to end the bank veto in personal insolvency arrangements, as well as reducing variable interest rates to ensure interest rates set by the European Central Bank are not pocketed by the banks but are passed on to...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: What about the question I asked?

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: The right direction seems to be Australia and Canada.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach called it a compliance regime.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: What about my question?

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin also seeks an emergency debate on this and other HIQA reports, which I have raised here, and on a letter from HIQA which made it clear that most of its recommendations had not been acted on and that patient safety was, therefore, at risk. I will return to the issue later. Now, I will deal with the refusal by the Irish banks to cut variable mortgage rates for struggling...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the €312 million for social housing announced recently is part of the Social Housing Strategy 2020 plans announced in 2014, and of the social housing targets for local authorities announced recently. [18385/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 580. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money each local authority will receive from the €312 million package announced recently. [18386/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 581. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reduction anticipated in waiting lists as a result in the recently announced funding in respect of the number of households and the percentage of those on current local authority waiting lists. [18387/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units each local authority is expected to construct from the funding it will receive, following the announcement recently. [18388/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 583. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of the overall current waiting list for local authorities he expects will be met by the recent announcement of €312 million. [18389/15]

Challenges Facing the European Union: Statements (Resumed) (7 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin is very critical of the democratic deficit at the heart of the European Union and of the Government's compliant attitude to the EU elites. We have long argued for a social Europe based on equality and the rights of all EU citizens. However, I will concentrate my remarks today on one of a range of challenges facing the EU, which is that if the outgoing British Prime Minister,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (7 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €44 million allocated to the fair deal nursing home scheme that has been distributed; and to which regions. [17991/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (7 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €44 million allocated to the fair deal nursing home scheme that has been distributed to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Hospitals Group. [17992/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (7 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the new funding allocated to the fair deal nursing home scheme that has been allocated to each of the five hospitals in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Hospitals Group. [17993/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (7 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional fair deal beds that have been opened since his announcement of €44 million additional funding. [17994/15]