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Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: However, such people cannot do that. This is one reason the Coimisinéir Teanga resigned.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: It was because the people from the Gaeltacht were denied that right. Is the solution not obvious? There are two Ministers of State in this Department, one with Gaeilge but with no responsibility for the Gaeltachtaí and the other without Gaeilge but with responsibility for the Gaeltachtaí. Tús maith, leath na hoibre.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Tá "Gerry" maith go leor.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Bhí sé mícheart d'Fhianna Fáil é sin a dhéanamh ag an am sin agus tá sé mícheart ag an Rialtas é a dhéanamh anseo arís.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: The appointment of two Ministers with responsibility for the Gaeltacht who do not have functioning Irish is a backward step. I make no criticism of either Minister. I have worked with the Minister of State, an Teachta McHugh, who has played a very positive role as Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. I am sure that both he and an Aire, an...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: I think the Taoiseach missed the point quite deliberately.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Chuir an tAire ceist orm cén áit in ar fhoghlaim mise mo Ghaeilge. Fuair mé mo Ghaeilge i gcampa Cheis Fada, nuair a bhí mé faoi ghlas ag na Gallaibh. Sin an áit in ar fhoghlaim mé mo Ghaeilge. Fuair mé an Ghaeilge fosta nuair a chaith mé tamall gairid sna blocanna H. Ach chaill an Taoiseach an míniú atá leis an gceist. There...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any discussions and-or contacts his Department has had with the parties in Northern Ireland, including the Orange Order, since the Unionist parties walked out of the all party talks on 3 July. [30741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: 240. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a review of the ambulance cover in County Louth on 24 June 2014 when a person (details supplied) died; the number of ambulance crews that were available that day; the reason the closest ambulances to Dundalk were 27 and 29 minutes away; the reason there was a seven minute delay between the 911 call and the request to Louth Fire Service for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: 241. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the breakdown of an ambulance on the M1 from Drogheda to Dublin on Saturday 5 July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31737/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: 286. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has decided to cut core funding to an association (details supplied) in County Wicklow by €500,000; if he recognises the detrimental effect such a cut will have to the invaluable range of services provided by this association; if he finds it acceptable that there was no consultation between the HSE and the...

Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Tá dhá cheist agam. I want to ask the Taoiseach about the proposed low pay commission. The hourly minimum wage, which is €6 for those under the age of 18 and €8.65 for experienced adult workers, has not increased since 2007. Over 300,000 workers are earning less than the living wage of €11.45 an hour. When does the Taoiseach expect the necessary legislation...

Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform has been held. [17507/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the new Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform has met since it was established. [19916/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform has met. [19966/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. This is a very important committee, given the series of scandals and crises which led to its establishment. There was at that time serious public disquiet and a loss of public confidence in the senior management of An Garda Síochána as well as a lack of confidence on the part of rank and file gardaí in their senior management. How often...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: Will the committee have a role in that and can it invite recognised experts in the field of policing and if so, would the Taoiseach consider bringing in the people involved in the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland, the Patten commission? Does the committee intend to examine the Patten process in order to find a way to put in place the type of reforms necessary to have...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach failed to answer my question about the Patten process and commission. One of the Sinn Féin submissions to the Patten commission, which I thought was crucial, was to invite it into neighbourhoods and communities to listen to people and hear their experience of policing. That changed the entire chemistry of the commission’s engagement. That is why the majority of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Retirement of Garda Commissioner (15 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach indicates he does not have the authority to direct the commission and I accept that entirely, as it would be absolutely self-defeating if he had such authority. I may be in ignorance so perhaps the Taoiseach could put me right. When the Government establishes a commission, does it not set out the terms of reference?