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Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: I was in gaol

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom aird an Taoisigh a dhíriú ar an scéim Gateway. Tá sé soiléir don saol agus a mháthair gur cleas í an scéim seo. Is bealach í chun pictiúr maith a tharraingt gan meas ar bith a thaispeáint do shaoránaigh. Last year the Government introduced the Gateway scheme, which was designed to make participants work 19.5...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: I know that, thank you. I have no intention of leaving either.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach has highlighted, probably unintentionally, what people dislike about this Government. This is forced labour. It is compulsory. There is no training or education budget. The people forced onto this scheme are paid €20, which is taxable, so a person with three or four children may end up with less money than before getting involved in the scheme. There is no transport...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: Anybody who lives in the real world knows that what is needed is proper investment and long-term, sustainable jobs with good terms and conditions. Gateway is being used to undermine real jobs on local authorities. The Taoiseach must acknowledge that this is a scam that serves to massage unemployment figures. It is a race to the bottom. Pat-----What is Pat's name again?

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: Pat Rabbitte-----

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: -----is the leader of cheap labour. This is what the Labour Party has descended to: cheap forced labour. The Taoiseach has not distanced himself from the remarks that this is about teaching the unemployed how to get out of bed in the morning. Citizens want and deserve the dignity of a proper job with proper terms and conditions. The Government is not investing in that, and this Gateway...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: I live in the real world. I meet these people every day. The latest figures also show that workers' average weekly earnings were down 2.1% in the last year for which figures are available. With inflation running at 0.8%, there is less money in the pockets of workers, and that is before they pay the new water and family home taxes. Jobs growth has been heavily concentrated in large urban...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Government has ordered the business here to celebrate three years in government and there is no substantive debate on how it intends to continue for the next two years because there has been no detail put forward. I note there were 16 pages from the Taoiseach, 11 pages from the Tánaiste but in the middle of all the verbiage there are two little gems. From the Taoiseach, there is an...

Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: No, I have become used to the way the Government does its business. I would rather go into a review of the programme for Government.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. I accept his assertion that he does not have the information that he mentioned - how could he have it? However, I have the two Coffey reports here. It is important to note that the Coffey report was submitted to the Government on 10 December 2008. It is clearly a report with his findings, conclusions and recommendations. I am working my way through...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: As the Taoiseach will be aware, 48 young people were killed in this city in the Stardust fire in 1981. It was one of the greatest tragedies to befall the people of the capital city. The original inquiry into the fire found that the cause was probably arson, but that finding has long been disputed by the families of the victims and others who have examined the evidence closely. The families...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: 169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria that must be met by applicants wishing to participate in community employment schemes; if there are any options to grant discretionary places to persons who do not meet the criteria yet would stand to benefit from the experience gained under a CE scheme with regard to pursuing further education within chosen fields; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: 171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times experienced by applicants for carer's allowance, disability allowance, and illness benefit; if her attention has been drawn to the considerable delays that applicants are experiencing when applying for these; if there are any proposals to assess staffing levels or medical assessors in order to expedite the processing of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: 172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the remit of the community welfare officers with regard to persons currently in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance-rent allowance who are making personal contributions above the recommended limits for rental of properties; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who are in receipt of SWA are often...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: 472. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that an 18 minutes 59 seconds response time is adequate for dealing with clinical status 1 ECHO calls which involve life-threatening emergencies of cardiac or respiratory origin or clinical status 1 DELTA calls involve life-threatening emergencies of other than cardiac or respiratory origin. [10813/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: 473. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress of Health Information and Quality Authority, as part of its business plan for 2013; if he will review the governance and management arrangements of pre-hospital emergency care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10814/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: 474. To ask the Minister for Health if the national ambulance service has begun its own capacity review to determine current and future service delivery needs. [10816/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: 475. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the national ambulance service to complete its review of current and future service delivery needs. [10817/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the national ambulance service review when it is completed. [10818/14]