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Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: Tá cúpla ceist agam faoi reachtaíocht atá forfhógartha. When will the Children First Bill 2014, which seeks to provide key child protection measures, return to the Dáil for Report Stage? As the Minister will be aware, it has emerged that the remains of 800 babies were found in convent grounds in Tuam. Will the Government establish, as a matter of urgency, a...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom a rá leis an Aire go bhfuil mé an-sásta go bhfuil cuma maith air. Tá súil agam go dtiocfaidh biseach air agus guím beatha agus sláinte dó. Tá sé an-mhaith as a bheith anseo ag obair agus ag glacadh ceisteanna. Táimid buíoch dó agus tá súil agam go mbeidh beatha agus sláinte aige. ...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: I am very disappointed with the Minister's answer. How can he decide that no conflict occurred in this case when he has said that he has not been briefed on this matter? These revelations are very serious and they expose once again, in my opinion, the unsuitability of the Minister for Health and also they expose the Government's gross mismanagement of the public health service. It does not...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a student (details supplied) in County Louth has been refused a student grant on the basis that their stepfather, who is on disability allowance, is not their legal guardian and therefore that income cannot be considered in the context of the assessment of income; if he finds this to be a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case where the Health Service Executive promised a person (details supplied) in County Louth that a home care package of 76 hours per week would be in place and provided to them by agency nursing staff when discharged from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital on 14 May 2014; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that since...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Louth and Meath in receipt of home care packages; the percentage of the Health Service Executive funded home care packages provided by private companies; if he will provide a breakdown of expenditure on home care packages for 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the approved providers for home care packages in counties Louth and Meath; the way these providers are selected; the way home care services are regulated; if he will address the need for stricter regulations, standards and auditing of home help services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23818/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Jun 2014)

Gerry Adams: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether recent changes have taken place with regard to home care package service providers in Drogheda, County Louth; the reason service providers have been changed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the change in service providers has left those who depend on these services feeling vulnerable, confused and distraught owing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: 97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horse pounds that are in operation here; the number of horses that were impounded in each county in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23435/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (28 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that horse rescue organisations are struggling to continue with their work due to the fee they are charged to rescue horses from pounds; if he will reconsider the rescinding of the re-homing fees they are being forced to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23436/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Expenditure (28 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that is provided for the animal welfare helpline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23437/14]

Order of Business (27 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an Aire maidir le Bille atá fógraithe, the workplace relations Bill, which was announced in 2012 and promised for 2013 and which seems to have disappeared. All the while, workers' rights are being undermined. We put forward legislation to close a loophole, the Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012. This was to allow workers to have access to...

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Minister states the Government does not stand over the withdrawal of medical cards from very sick children, but that is what it does every day. Today there are children who will be refused the help, attention and treatment that they deserve as citizens. The Minister says he disagrees with Sinn Féin. Thanks be to God that he does. I am an Irish republican and citizens have rights....

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is about minding the sick.

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Minister should answer my question.

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Minister said that taking medical cards from very sick children is not acceptable but that this cannot be changed overnight. Why can it not be changed overnight? He also said that 93% of sick citizens had their cards restored but that was after an appeals system, and that very system has many families worn out. It is very disappointing to come in here and listen to the Minister give...

Return to Writ: Dublin West - Introduction of New Member (27 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Sinn Féin, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Teachta Ruth Coppinger. Le cuidiú Dé, beidh muid ábalta obair le chéile ar son mhuintir an Stáit agus an oileáin seo.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (27 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision was made to close the community training centre, Mullaghcrone, Drogheda, County Louth; the reason that the decision was taken to close this service that caters for 48 service users at present; if any consultation took place between his Department and the experienced staff at the centre; the date on which the centre is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (27 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Louth and Meath Education and Training Board was consulted as part of the decision to terminate services at the community training centre, Mullaghcrone, Drogheda, County Louth; if Louth and Meath Education and Training Board were identified as replacements for the current services at Drogheda; the date on which this consultation took place;...