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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: 674. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the decision to oppose the handing over to the Ombudsman of the transcripts of the complaining attendees evidence to the Drogheda review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/14]

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: The controversy about whether the office of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission was bugged has highlighted the dysfunctional relationship between GSOC, the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice and Equality. The Government's reaction to this shows that the Taoiseach has not fully embraced the need for independent oversight of State agencies or institutions, despite...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: Here is the difficulty. This independent body was sent for by the Minister. In his first public utterance, the Taoiseach stated that it should have reported the information to the Minister and that it was compelled to do so. There is no provision in the law which insists that GSOC must report to the Minister. Whether that is the right thing is an entirely different matter. The fact is...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: Ní bheidh mé ach nóiméad amháin. Last night, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman commissioner, Kieran Fitzgerald, was equally clear in stating that a credible threat to GSOC security had been identified when the screening of its office was carried out. The response of the Government and the culture and the atmosphere are not conducive to transparency,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT and other taxes or duties that apply in respect of the selling of coffins within the State. [7144/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT and other taxes or duties that apply in respect of undertakers within the State and the purchase of coffins. [7145/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT or any other taxes or duties payable on the importation of coffins from Northern Ireland. [7146/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out any investigation into allegations of non-payment of VAT, tax or other duties on the sale of coffins from Northern Ireland or outside the EU. [7147/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the checks that are carried out to ensure that all VAT, taxes or other duties on the sale or purchase of coffins are properly collected. [7148/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: 90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports Enterprise Ireland has provided to a company (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7149/14]

Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: Tá ceist agam faoi reachtaíocht atá fórógraithe agus ceist eile agam maidir leis an redress scheme for the Magdalen laundries, which I will ask first. The redress scheme was set up to ensure the victims of the laundries were given their full medical entitlements and that they were compensated for the decades of unpaid slave labour they endured. There are many...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: In regard to the Magdalen laundries redress scheme, it may be that some of the victims have been able to avail of the scheme but there is a number who feel obstacles are being placed in their way and some have not got their full medical entitlements. They have to undertake a convoluted process. Will the Taoiseach ask someone to review that and bring back a report?

Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if the Economic Management Council has met since the budget. [47671/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: I would like to raise the issue of foreign direct investment and, particularly, the PricewaterhouseCoopers-World Bank report on paying taxes in 2014 and the paper by Professor James Stewart of Trinity College, which has revealed that as a result of deliberate tax avoidance by US multinationals, facilitated by the tax code of this State, American corporations are in reality only paying an...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: I wish to raise a number of issues around referenda. I think I am correct in saying that there have been six referenda since this Government came to power and that there will be at least another three prior to the next election. It could be argued that there is a need for a permanent Referendum Commission to manage the electoral process and, in particular, the referendum process. Another...

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: If the Government will not do so, just tell us "No", but it promised transparency in how it would do its business.

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Government claimed that it would do its business differently from its predecessors. Why will it not just put in place a fully independent inquiry to examine these matters expeditiously and report to the Oireachtas?

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach did not say that.

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: I agree with the Taoiseach that we need clarity but he has not been clear. There is very deep concern about reports that the GSOC office was targeted as part of a sophisticated surveillance operation allegedly using high-level technology. The Taoiseach's response to this yesterday was very disappointing, as was that of the Government to the whistleblower allegations. The important question...