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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Single Resolution Mechanism (8 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the agreement on the single resolution mechanism reached in the recent Brussels EU Summit meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14771/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (8 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 396. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the context of the national directive in respect of section 10 funding for homeless and related services which has resulted in a 75% cut in funding for Dundalk Women's Refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16630/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (8 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the Government funding under section 10 homeless and related services for local councils across the State for each year from 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16631/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (8 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form his Department’s funding for women’s refuges across the State for each year from 2009; the basis on which this funding was allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16632/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Policy (8 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated by her to services aimed at tackling domestic violence in County Louth, including women's refuges; the funding for these services in 2009 to 2013, inclusive, and the amount in 2014. [16545/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Policy (8 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the impact that budget cuts in budget 2014 will have on the provision of services aimed at tackling domestic violence in County Louth including women's refuges; if she will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated by him to these services; the funding for these services in 2009 to 2013, inclusive, and what it will be in 2014; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: 687. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth suffering from locked-in syndrome was refused funding from the Health Service Executive to be allowed return home from Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, considering the fact the HSE would save approximately €168,000 per annum if this request was accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom a rá go seasaim leis an gCeann Comhairle maidir leis an méid a dúirt sé faoi anti-Semitism. Aontaím leis faoi sin. Táim sásta fosta go mbeidh díospóireacht againn faoin White Paper on universal health insurance. Tá sin an-tábhachtach. An féidir linn ceisteanna a chur ar an Aire ag deireadh na...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach's answer is very disappointing because I am not clear whether he is going to include these matters in the commission of investigation, or whether he is going to set up a separate commission of investigation. The Taoiseach is saying these are highly significant and stark matters. In the lead in to the Morris tribunal, then Opposition Deputy Alan Shatter rightly tabled a motion...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: The difficulty with dealing with all of these ongoing controversies in the administration of justice is that every day brings a new revelation, such as the taping of prisoners' telephone calls and the latest twist last night in the penalty points debacle. However, there are other distractions. While I have no confidence in the Minister, Deputy Shatter, it was nauseating to listen to the...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: These justice issues date back for decades and involve Governments made up of Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party, Fine Gael, the Progressive Democrats and Democratic Left-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: -----so the Oireachtas should keep its focus on what is involved here. Yesterday I made the point, and the Taoiseach agreed, that the Ian Bailey case is at the root of these problems. This arose from the investigation of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. Ian Bailey's solicitor wrote three times in 2012 to the Minister, Deputy Shatter, about the Garda Commissioner's refusal to...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: You are out of order.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: For the record, I was here and never got any answers. Deputy McGuinness was here in my presence and asked quite a few questions. My question relates to the commitment given by the Government to a timeframe to respond to recommendations by the Constitutional Convention. The Taoiseach knows that I have raised this issue with him a number of times. Yesterday, the convention published its...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: I just want to endorse that call. The main Opposition parties, the Technical Group and the Socialist Party are all calling upon the Government to take that approach and to call upon FIFA to do the right thing by the working poor who are building the stadiums.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is not agreed. Obviously, these are important issues which we need to-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: I ask the Taoiseach to set aside Government time for the Minister for Justice and Equality to make a statement on his revelation that 84 prisoners had their telephone conversations recorded. I would like the Taoiseach to consider rearranging the Order of Business to allow that statement to be made. It is very striking and astonishing-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: Perhaps it is my ignorance, a Ceann Comhairle, but if we agree on the Order of Business-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: Having conferred with my colleague, we do not agree.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: I want to focus my supplementary questions on the Middle East peace process. Before I do so, I would like to add my voice to those who have raised real concerns about the plight of migrant workers who are preparing for the 2022 World Cup. Their conditions were recently described by The Guardian in London as "modern-day slavery". Surely we cannot tolerate that. I would like to join others...