Results 4,901-4,920 of 11,500 for speaker:Gerry Adams
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: It is owned by the State.
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: I have already been on record as welcoming a debate on abuse of any kind. However, I must take exception once again to Deputy Micheál Martin when he talks about allegations of abuse within Sinn Féin-IRA. It is welcome that-----
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: The Ceann Comhairle did not interrupt Deputy Micheál Martin.
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: He did not interrupt him a moment ago.
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: I am not looking for a debate. I am looking to say something about the debate we will have. I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach has said that there will be consultation on this matter. I have written to the Ceann Comhairle about the way the Taoiseach and the leader of Fianna Fáil conducted themselves the last time this matter was discussed here. I understand from the public media...
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: I am doing so.
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: The contrived theatrical performance-----
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: This conduct impresses nobody, especially not victims and survivors of abuse.
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: These folks want to reduce this Chamber to a piece of theatre.
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: Tá a fhios agam agus táim ag déileáil le sin. I understand that the stated intention of the forthcoming national monuments Bill is to consolidate and update the legislative code governing the protection and regulation of the national archaeological heritage. I welcome that and would like an update on that Bill's progress. In light of the decision by Dublin City Council...
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: It is - if the Ceann Comhairle will let me finish my point. The Government promised to devise an alternative scheme.
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: We were promised primary legislation for a replacement scheme. That is what we were promised. I note the number of times the Ceann Comhairle has interrupted me as a number of Deputies have interrupted others.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: The citizen delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention did their work, as did the chair and staff. I attended a number of the meetings and noted that citizens who had no previous political experience were well prepared and were uplifted by the experience. They played their part, but the Government has not played its part. The Taoiseach said there were five reports from the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the position on implementation of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention. [39822/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the position on the Constitutional Convention's recommendations; the actions the Government will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41688/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the referenda his Government plans to hold before the end of the current term of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41689/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: I had the privilege recently to meet Dr. Maqadma, the UN Relief and Works Agency chief for the medical field programme in Gaza. He was in Ireland at the invitation of the Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union, SIPTU, health division and gave me and others a first-hand report on the situation in Gaza as he had been there during the recent onslaught. It is a frightfully...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach knows all about changing his tune. His manifesto, the basis on which he was elected, and the mandate he was given were torn up as soon as he got his bum on that seat. He ignored the people and gave us lofty rhetoric about the democratic revolution, but he would not let us discuss the issue in the Chamber because of the imposition of guillotine after guillotine. It was...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: What about a referendum?
- Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)
Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach support Sinn Féin's Bill?