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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: Hold on. Bear with me.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: I understand.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin agreed with the Haass proposals, even though they stretch us and those we represent, because we know that, in the longer run, we need harmony, tolerance and respect and we must appreciate that orange is one of our national colours. Our national flag has orange in it. It is not just green. Any unity of the people of this island has to include the unity of orange with the rest...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: I join the Taoiseach in thanking Speaker Willie Hay for the work he has done. I wish him and his wife well and hope that his health will improve. He worked with the Ceann Comhairle in setting up the North-South Parliamentary Forum. He was very fair in a difficult job in the Chamber. He was also very open to meeting one on the side to give advice on issues. He has been a friend of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach said this particular sub-committee has met 27 times. The issue of health is one that affects every single family and probably one of the most important issues for people is to have the comfort of a health service which is fit for purpose. I accept what the Taoiseach said that it is a major challenge to try to straighten out the existing mess but the number of meetings falls...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the number of conversations he has had, by phone or in person, with British Prime Minister David Cameron since the commencement of the summer recess. [35207/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversations with Prime Minister Cameron and, in particular, their joint efforts to commence a new round of talks in the peace process in the autumn. [35208/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he raised with Prime Minister Cameron the Government’s concern at efforts by Unionist parties to undermine the North’s Parades Commission. [35209/14]

Appointment of Minister of State (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: May I ask a question, a Cheann Comhairle?

Appointment of Minister of State (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: I wish to make a point of order.

Appointment of Minister of State (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: First, I wish the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, well in his new responsibilities. Second, will his new data protection remit encompass the concerns expressed in regard to Uisce Éireann's use of PPS numbers?

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is very important to have a sense of humour when coming in here to ask questions. Flann O'Brien could not have written the script the Taoiseach articulates from day to day. I do not think he gets it at all. There are people who just cannot afford an additional tax on top of all the other taxes the Government has imposed on them. He just cannot come in here and say he disagrees with an...

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: I commend it to the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: It has a word in it that is writ large through every single line and that word is "equality", a word that is alien to the Taoiseach and his backbenchers. I ask the Taoiseach to turn off the water tax.

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: I never mentioned by-elections.

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: The former Minister of State the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, established Uisce Éireann on behalf of the Government. These are his words and not mine or those of an Teachta Martin. Deputy O'Dowd pointed out it has become "another cosseted quango with a bonus culture". This is what he said. An cuma atá ar an scéal seo...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will join other Dáil Éireann leaders in condemning the Israeli Government’s theft of Palestinian land. [35217/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commemorative Events (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it his intention to invite members of the British royal family to the State commemoration of the 100th centenary of the Easter Rising of 1916. [35675/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Forms (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Office of the Revenue Commissioners is adequately administering and enforcing the use of RCT1s and that these certificates are not being widely used by companies and individuals to avoid tax and drive down workers’ wages and conditions. [38206/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Forms (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the legislation underpinning RCT1s with a view to preventing these tax certificates from being used to avoid tax by employers. [38207/14]