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- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Open Government Partnership (9 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: 44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is intended that Ireland will join the Open Government Partnership. [42519/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Dividends (9 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: 50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the ESB group of unions have initiated a legal challenge against the ESB and the Government regarding the special dividend the company is due to pay to the State next year which the union members allege is unlawful as the payment is based on wrongly prepared accounts; and if...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (9 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: 127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on any proposed changes to the community employment scheme programme; if there is a maximum time that a participant can avail of a CE scheme; the way it is determined that a participant is eligible to renew their place for the upcoming year within a specified scheme in which they are already engaged; and if she will...
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: Why not refer the matter to the Constitutional Convention?
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: Its purpose is to ensure that the Constitution meets the challenge of the 21st century.
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: My party did advocate abolition.
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: In the programme for Government the Taoiseach committed to establishing a process to ensure the Constitution meets the challenges of the 21st century, and this included abolishing the Seanad. He also committed to establishing a Constitutional Convention to consider comprehensive, constitutional reform. Sinn Féin put it to him that the convention should be asked to re-imagine Ireland...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: Does the Taoiseach think that is okay? Will he give us the emigration figures?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of occasions on which the Economic Management Council is scheduled to meet in advance of Budget 2014. [39070/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Economic Management Council last met representatives of the Irish banks. [39071/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if the Economic Management Council has any plans to meet representatives of the banks. [39072/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the number of occasions on which the Economic Management Council has met since the summer recess. [39081/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: I agree with everything an Teachta Boyd Barrett said. It is a matter of deep concern that when people raise these issues, the Government seems to be oblivious to what is happening in communities, households and families. I do not understand why the Government kowtows to the bankers. I do not know why it cannot introduce an independent adjudication arrangement or service. That deals very...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of occasions on which the Cabinet sub-committee on mortgage arrears has met since the beginning for the summer recess. [39064/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach say that again, please?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: I was ready to rise on a point of order because I had been advised that the Taoiseach was going to take Questions Nos. 1 to 22, inclusive, together. Since they cover a range of issues, I was going to tell the Taoiseach that he needed to answer them in a more definitive way. When he stated that he would take Questions Nos. 1, 6, 16 and 19 together, I was pleased for him until I got his...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: We do not know that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: The banks have a veto.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: Why is the Taoiseach against independent adjudication?
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)
Gerry Adams: He is not the Taoiseach.