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Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: There is a commitment on publication.

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Dúirt an Taoiseach nach bhfuil sé sásta. Inné, d'ardaigh mé anailís Grant Thornton leis, go bhfuil níos mó ná míle cásanna d'anacair morgáiste, a thaispeánann nach bhfuil pingin rua fágtha ag teallaigh lena gcuid morgáistí a íoc ag deireadh na míosa. The Taoiseach said he was not satisfied with the...

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: It is reported that the Economic Management Council will meet today to discuss the total level of adjustment in this year's budget. The people listening today want to know how the budget will affect them. Will they have less money to feed their families, pay their bills and cover their mortgages? Will austerity rule once again? The Taoiseach must believe that low- and middle-income...

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: I agree with the Taoiseach about the last Government. Tá ceist shoiléir ann. Cad é an difear idir an Rialtas deiridh agus an Rialtas seo? I also agree that one should not believe everything written in newspapers. I know that from personal experience. I can see what is written in the Fine Gael-Labour Party programme for Government, which promised to build a fair, socially...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent deaths of Palestinian civilians and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank in recent weeks; the knock on affect this could have on peace talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41157/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Financial Stability Facility (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has raised the issue of the retrospective recapitalisation of Irish banks in any of the discussions he has had with German Chancellor Angela Merkel since the German election. [40735/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the commitment given by the Health Service Executive at the meeting of the Dublin North East Health Forum on 23 September 2013 that the chronic and acute pain management clinic will be reinstated and included in the service plan and budget for 2014 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, and that an acute and chronic pain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to specify acute and chronic pain management consultant in the job description when advertising for position of anaesthetic staff for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth, in order to reinstate the acute and chronic pain management clinic following the commitment given by the HSE to include...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a commitment to include the €9 million in budget 2014 following on from the commitment given to provide a new 100-bed unit at St. Mary's/Boyne View Nursing Home in Drogheda to cater for residential care for our elderly citizens, in view of the removal of long-stay beds and respite beds from the Cottage Hospital in Drogheda. [41278/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (2 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: 261. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a bilateral cochlear implant programme in 2014 [41326/13]

Order of Business (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Last week, I asked the Taoiseach if he would facilitate a dedicated debate here on the current difficulties regarding the process in the North. I know the Taoiseach shares my concerns about the summer we have had and what is fomenting below the surface there. The Taoiseach referred me to the Whips' meeting, at which Deputy Ó Snodaigh raised it, but it is not on the agenda this week. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: I asked the Taoiseach when we would get sight of the plan to be produced by the sub-group that is looking at-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: That is okay. The Taoiseach gave me a thesis on budget submissions. I understand the process. The problem is that some groups have more weight than others. I have been lobbying for profoundly deaf children to get cochlear implants. I have spoken to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health about it privately on a number of occasions. I have written to the Taoiseach about the matter on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Yes, but what we need to know in this Chamber is what precisely is being planned or proposed. One must ask whether such powerful groups should have the type of access they enjoy. The fact that the Secretary General is critical of the structure is an indication that something is wrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: We need results.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: There is no comparison between a big financier and a-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Successfully.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: That is a complete distraction.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Gerry Adams: Deputy Martin is jealous.