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Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: Yes, the Taoiseach was talking to the Tánaiste at the time.

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: The question was on the recommendations of the Garda Inspectorate that do not appear to have been acted on. Will the Government ensure they will be acted on?

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: Is ceart agus is cóir go bhfuil an Dáil ag tabhairt ómóis don iar-Thaoiseach Albert Reynolds, fear a bhí lárnach sa tsíocháin ar an oileán beag seo. Tá mé ag smaoineamh fosta faoi fear eile, Ian Paisley, a fuair bás an tseachtain seo caite. Táimid ag smaoineamh faoina theaghlach fosta. It is poignant that Albert Reynolds's...

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Cuirim fáilte romhat. Tá an Punch and Judy ann arís. Cuirim failte roimh an Taoiseach fosta. Nuair a d'imigh an Dáil ar sos, bhí géarchéim ann. Táimid ar ais arís agus tá géarchéim níos mó ann. Tá sé sin an-soiléir maidir leis an Roinn Sláinte. The...

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Minister also stated plans to replace the HSE and other reforms were "over-ambitious from the start." The Minister has torn up the Government's timetable for free GP care which the Taoiseach will recall was one of the cornerstones of the famous five-point plan. Last week the Taoiseach publicly chastised the Minister. The Taoiseach defended his predecessor, Deputy James Reilly, in every...

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin argues that the Minister should build a universal health service based on need, not wealth, and that it should be paid for by direct taxation.

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is impossible to know what is the Government's health policy. In such circumstances, will the Taoiseach spell out for the House and, more importantly, patients and their families the nature of that policy?

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: Maith thú, Taoiseach. In the first instance, I cast no aspersions on the Minister for Health. As is the case with all of his ministerial colleagues, I wish him well. The Taoiseach has stated that all of the steps to which he refers will be taken during the Government's second term. Did I hear him correctly?

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: Before the Government is given a second term, a very important element will enter the equation, namely, the people. They will have their say on whether the Government remains in power for a second term. The Taoiseach avoided the opportunity to set any real policy direction or to outline a programme of reform. He did not, for example, indicate how the election slogans or commitments which...

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: -----will the Taoiseach set out in the short time available to him the Government's current health policy, particularly in view of the fact that the Minister for Health has torn up the old one?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a company is permitted to offer internships under JobBridge when an existing employee of 11 years was put on a three-day week in 2011 and, for the past four months, is working four days a week, and when this employee wants to work a full five days a week but is told by the employer there is not work for five days; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin whose disability allowance and other associated payments have been stopped; and if these allowances might be reinstated. [33340/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines for conducting Tús interviews; if persons carrying out these interviews receive training; if the interviewee can expect a degree of privacy during the interview bearing in mind that financial matters are discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33511/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the pension entitlements for persons (details supplied) employed as managers of community employment schemes. [33805/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 8 July 2014, if he will confirm that the importer (details supplied) at no time was given the opportunity to facilitate the examination of their container and was simply told to pay the fee of €650 +VAT to have their container released and examined; his views that this is acceptable in view of the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 399. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a company (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will provide in tabular form the aids or supports given to this company by the industrial development agency or Enterprise Ireland over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34125/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 530. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason persons with any history of a psychiatric illness cannot join the Irish Defence Forces; his views that this discriminates against those who may have had mental health issues; the reason persons who are refused entry on these grounds are not offered the opportunity of an independent psychological assessment; his plans to change this; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Early Child Care Education (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 787. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Meath disability service is due to cease funding for the preschool assistant service; if he will reconsider this decision taking into consideration the huge support this subsidy has provided for over ten years to parents of children with disabilities attending preschools; the support, if any, in place if this funding is to cease; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of the Health Service Executive orthodontic services, Dublin North East, being chosen as the national pilot scheme for the provision of training of hygienists and dental nurses to become orthodontic therapists; the plans for those staff to work with specialist orthodontists on treatment cases; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Gerry Adams: 789. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether the proposed Health Service Executive training of hygienists and dental nurses to become orthodontic therapists has been undertaken, and if it has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33037/14]