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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: There are 620 commitments in the programme for Government. I could take the Taoiseach through the commitments as other Teachtaí have done, pointing out where he has torn them up. However, what is more important is the vision of the programme. What are its core values? I believe citizens have fundamental rights - the right to a wraparound health service, to a home, to a clean...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: People want and will demand a radical change in direction in the Government's health policy. Against the background of bonuses, back-handers-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: -----and all of that, will the Taoiseach please listen to what patients and professionals are saying, and will he change the direction of his Government's health policy?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is well-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: Tá tuairisc amuigh inniu a léiríonn arís go bhfuil ár gcórás sláinte ina bpraiseach. Is annamh a bhíonn seachtain ann nuair nach gcloiseann muid drochscéal faoin tseirbhís sláinte atá ar fáil do mhuintir an Stáit. The Taoiseach is probably aware that significant concerns were raised about overcrowding in the State's...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach profoundly for his concern about my personal health. He repeats it ad nauseam every time I ask a question about health services.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: It is very touching but it is also none of his business.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: The people who work in the health service have my utmost respect and admiration because they work under dreadful conditions, and only for their confidence, their love of the job they do and their commitment, we would be in a worse position. The Taoiseach ignored the question. I am pleased that he will investigate the claim that the HIQA Tallaght report of 2012 is being ignored. I look...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: Thousands of citizens faced the loss of discretionary medical cards this year, including seriously ill children and children with disabilities. Prescription charges have been trebled by the Minister, who condemned them when he was in opposition. It is an amazing figure. Some 375,000 citizens are on outpatient waiting lists, and that is why I say the sense of a public health service is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Emigration Data (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 161. To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of persons that have emigrated from Ireland since he took office in 2011. [55218/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Electoral Reform (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 177. To ask the Taoiseach when he will bring forward and implement proposals for Northern Ireland representation in Dáil Éireann. [2269/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 392. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is exempt from an obligation to translate European documents into Irish; the reason this is the case; if he will consider lifting that exemption in order to provide ample employment opportunities to those Irish language translators who are struggling to find work; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to act on the recommendation of the Constitutional Convention to extend voting rights to the Irish diaspora. [2267/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 419. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to act on the recommendation of the Constitutional Convention to extend voting rights to Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland. [2268/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he will put in place in the Gambling Control Bill to deal with illegal gambling operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2397/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 653. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that on 13 January 2013 an ambulance based in Drogheda was providing cover in Navan and as a result took 30 minutes to respond to an emergency call in respect of a woman who had collapsed on West Street in Drogheda; the reason the ambulance was providing cover in Navan; his views views on whether these response times are satisfactory; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 654. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an ambulance was available in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in the early hours of New Year’s Day when an ambulance from Ardee was dispatched to Drogheda to respond to the stabbing of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2840/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the Health Information and Quality Authority investigation into the ambulance response to the stabbing of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2841/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask Health Information and Quality Authority to carry out a thorough investigation into the resourcing, structure and management systems of the ambulance service in the north east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2842/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (21 Jan 2014)

Gerry Adams: 657. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that any investigation by Health Information and Quality Authority into the ambulance service in County Louth is carried out in consultation with those frontline staff in our ambulance service who work long hours and provide a remarkable service, often with inadequate resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2843/14]