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- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: -----but he should at least give them the serious consideration that we put into them on behalf of those we represent, and others we do not represent, in putting them forward. The Taoiseach did not answer my question, which is, and this is not a Sinn Féin proposition, if he will heed the call of the ESRI to move away from tax cuts and to invest in social housing. Will he accept its...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: Why not 6,000?
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: The answer is "No". The Taoiseach says "No".
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: That is totally pathetic, Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: I am sure the viewers will be interested to hear Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Fianna Fáil swapping back and forth on the way the Government is approaching this whole issue of water charges because it is a Fianna Fáil proposition. The Taoiseach asked yesterday about Sinn Féin's budget, which I sent to him this morning. I hope he has had the chance to read it.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: It contains proposals to rebuild the economy, renew society and to repair the damage done to the community by the Government and by Fianna Fáil before it. It contains a proposal, which I commend to the Taoiseach, to lift the burden on low and middle income households by scrapping domestic water charges. It tells him how to do this and how to pay for it. However, I want to concentrate...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (8 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in County Louth; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that this child's parents had paid for and were approved for a concessionary bus ticket on 15 July 2014 and that Bus Éireann issued a full ticket on 11 September 2014; and if she will make a...
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: Does the Taoiseach know when it will come before the Dáil?
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: On the provision for mental health services, the programme for Government commits to ensure early access to more appropriate services for adults and children and improved integration with primary care services. In respect of A Vision for Change, in the programme for Government, the Government commits to ring-fence €35 million from within the health budget to develop the mental health...
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: That is okay.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: I am talking about the issue of the housing crisis and the Government's commitment to a staged purchase scheme to increase the stock of social housing. In February 2013, the homelessness policy statement committed to eradicating long-term homelessness by 2016. Could the Taoiseach tell us what is the timeline for acquiring the necessary housing stock? Could he give us an update on the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: Deputy Martin should support it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: How would Deputy Martin vote?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: That is the Tory party cuts, as the Deputy is aware.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: The Deputy knows that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: The Deputy does not know enough about it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: There is no bill of rights here either.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: It is a bit difficult to know where to start.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: Let me start on a positive. It is my very strong view that all of these issues can be worked out with political will. It is my strong view that, whatever about the delays, convolutions and distractions, all of these matters will be worked out. The Taoiseach raised the question of whether I was placing restrictions on the Deputy First Minister. Sinn Féin is an Irish republican party....
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Gerry Adams: That is exactly the truth of it.