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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will implement the recommendations of the final report of Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the murder of Seamus Ludlow of March 2006. [18458/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to implement the recommendation of the final report of Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the murder of Seamus Ludlow that a commission of investigation be established to investigate the following: if the evidence collected at the...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: I appeal to the Taoiseach to, for once, bring proposals to the Oireachtas for discussion and consultation with Members of the Dáil and Seanad. The Government's water charge, borrowed from Fianna Fáil and opposed previously by the Labour Party, is another tax on top of all the other taxes and stealth charges faced by struggling families who have already been hit. The Taoiseach must...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: If the Taoiseach listens, he might learn something. He should know there are no charges because the Department for Regional Development in the North had meetings as far back as January 2012 with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: DRD officials apprised Deputy Hogan's Department of the system in the North. The Taoiseach has a choice. In the North, Sinn Féin stopped water charges and the privatisation of water services. The Taoiseach could do the same in the State. Why does he not?

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: When I raised the issue of water charges with the Taoiseach yesterday, he said the Government had not taken a decision, various matters have to be taken into consideration, and there is a need to assess a whole range of issues before any decision can be taken. He then pulled together an unscheduled Cabinet meeting and sent his spin doctors off to the media to give details of a decision that...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is very clear that there will indeed be a standing charge as part of the water charges. The Taoiseach promised that citizens would know the cost of domestic water before the elections, but they will not know this until they get their bills after the elections. Does the Taoiseach agree that this water charge is a flat, aggressive tax which will impact most negatively on working families?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (16 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding co-operation between the PSNI, An Garda Síochána and the revenue agencies on the island of Ireland; if he is satisfied with the level of co-operation; and his plans to increase cooperation. [18205/14]

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: I pay tribute to the emergency workers, including ambulance crews and paramedics, who carry out vital work under very difficult circumstances without, in many cases, adequate resources and support. In 2008, there were 320 ambulances serving 4.5 million citizens in the State. Last year, the number had fallen to 265, dropping at night to a mere 113. The State has only half the paramedics per...

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: I did not raise that issue-----

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: Deputy Martin raised it. I referred to the motion, a copy of which I sought at 2 p.m. At that time I asked whether the motion was available and I was informed that it was not. Since I entered the House, I received a text indicating that a copy of the motion had arrived at 3 p.m. The Taoiseach answered a question I did not pose.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach acknowledged earlier that the Cabinet committee on climate change and the green economy has not discussed the work of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. On Question Time I referred to one of the reports produced by that panel and entitled Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, which was published prior to Christmas. Has the Cabinet committee discussed...

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: Okay.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: I have raised the issue of the reports of the Constitutional Convention on a number of occasions. On 31 March the convention published its ninth and final report in which it addresses outstanding proposals for constitutional change identified during the public consultation process and proposes that the Government empower another convention to continue the work this very unique body undertook...

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: The reason the Minister for Justice and Equality is not taking this debate is an issue I will leave aside for now because perhaps the Taoiseach can explain that. We have not yet had sight of the motion. I specifically asked for a copy of it at 2 p.m. today. I have been in the House all afternoon with the Taoiseach and have still not received it, although I am told a copy of it was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: May I ask a supplementary question?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: The point is that even if there were not these international warnings from impeccable sources bringing together all of the available scientific knowledge, our own experience would tell us there is a problem. Valentia Observatory in County Kerry recorded 33.25 inches of rain in December, January and February. That was 183% of what is normal. That is clearly a huge increase. In March, there...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate change and the green economy last met. [2240/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on climate change and the green economy has met in the past 12 months. [2241/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (15 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on climate change and the green economy has met since Christmas. [8948/14]