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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (18 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 26 June 2013, if his Department will take any specific initiatives to increase broadband availability in County Louth; and if he will provide a breakdown of the percentage of households in County Louth who currently have access to 30 MB, 70 MB or 100 MB broadband. [36085/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (18 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there have been cuts imposed on the funding for the Dundalk Women's Aid Refuge for 2013; if his Department has been in contact with the refuge; if the funding cuts will lead to a reduction in services or the possible closure of the refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35981/13]

Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Deputy does not need any encouragement.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Tá dhá cheist agam maidir le reachtaíocht atá forógraithe. On the Government's commitment to legislate for the right of workers to engage in collective bargaining in order that we might be in compliance with the recent judgment handed down by the European Court of Human Rights, will the Taoiseach indicate both the status of the relevant Bill and when he expects it to...

Tributes to Staff Member (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I have only been a Member of the House for a short time but I have found Kieran to be extremely courteous, understated, very helpful, thoroughly professional and good humoured. I thank him. With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I will give way to my colleague, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, who knows Kieran longer and, like Kieran, came to this House as a young man.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach publish the correspondence?

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: In February the Taoiseach gave a heart-felt apology on behalf of the State to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries for the hurt done to them. He rightly told the women that they were blameless and I have no doubt he was moved by their life stories when he met them. For the women, that apology for the time they were incarcerated in a brutal regime overseen by the State was a turning...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I very much welcomed the Taoiseach's apology and I acknowledge that it came after decades of other governments doing nothing. That is not an issue of contention between us. This is about accountability. I also met the women, and on the day of the Taoiseach's apology one of them sang "The Fields of Athenry" to us in a room in Leinster House. They showed great spirit, tenacity, good humour...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Speeds (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he will ensure that every home has access to 30Mbps broadband access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35029/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Policy (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated by him to services aimed at tackling domestic violence in County Louth, including women’s refuges; the funding for these services in 2009, 2010, 2011; 2012 and to date in 2013. [35652/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the number of call-outs of each of the coastguard units in County Louth in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of fatalities that occurred during each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35597/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average coastguard call out time for emergencies which occur in the sea in the vicinity of Clogherhead from the Greenore coast guard and from the Drogheda coas tguard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35599/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of shoreline and nautical miles which are covered by each of the Coastguard units in County Louth. [35600/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 12 February 2013, if he will give consideration to the provision of a D Class RNLI-built boat for the volunteer coastguard unit based in Clogherhead, County Louth; the cost to the State for the provision of such a boat and the appropriate training required; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of radio officer positions which remain vacant across the coastguard services as a result of the recruitment embargo; if he will provide the location of these positions; the steps he has taken to address these issues; and if these vacancies have led to a diminution of service. [35601/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (17 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the vacancies that currently exist within the coastguard services across the State as a result of the Government's recruitment embargo. [35602/13]

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: The programme for Government contains a commitment to develop a cultural plan for future commemorative events such as the centenary of the Easter Rising in 2016. This morning a number of other Oireachtas Members and I visited Moore Street and the buildings there which have been deemed to constitute a national monument and which stand in a state of considerable decay. The Taoiseach visited...

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: It is owned by NAMA.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: It is a mistake of historic proportions to give a developer who was part of the inner circle relating to the former Anglo Irish Bank permission to develop a shopping mall adjacent to a site of historic importance.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: No. 19 is an important Bill which will have the effect of increasing charges on public patients and the contributions paid by clients of long-term residential care. It needs full discussion. I will not press it to a vote but, as I said to the Taoiseach many times, what I have seen since I was elected to the House has not involved reform or doing business better, but has been about cutting...