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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the bilateral meetings he held on his recent visit to Boston. [31610/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to indicate the discussions he had on the issue of the undocumented Irish during his recent visit to Boston. [31611/13]

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a thabhairt don Teachta Joe Higgins ar bhás a mháthair agus comhbhrón a thabhairt dá teaghlach uilig. I am trying very hard to understand the role, remit and purpose of the public interest directors who serve on the boards of the banks. In some cases, some of these directors are senior members of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the...

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: What are the functions of public interest directors? We learned last week from Alan Dukes, a former leader of Fine Gael, that he was aware of the existence and content of the Anglo tapes. Both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance have said they did not know about the existence of these tapes, but clearly, it is in the public interest that they should know. Alan Dukes says he knew...

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach has avoided my question entirely. I asked him what was the function of public interest directors. They may have been appointed by the previous Government, but they were retained in place by the Government. What is their function? It would only be news if Alan Dukes had said he would not go forward to any inquiry. He has stated the obvious. What is his function? These...

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: What is his function?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (9 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the courses that staff in her Department have had funded for them; the cost of each of those courses through the learning and development strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33245/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (9 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an appointment for Health Service Executive orthodontic services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32927/13]

Other Questions: Ombudsman for Children Reports (4 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the Ombudsman for Children's annual report for 2012. [32596/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (4 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the penalties she believes must apply where breaches of childcare regulations are detected; when she expects that said penalties will be introduced; if legislation is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32581/13]

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Yesterday I listened to Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn opening the debate. In the course of his speech I received a text from someone in my office telling me to ask Deputy Emmet Stagg and other Labour Party Deputies whether they support the Bill. Unknown to me the person who sent the text had read the Labour Party's policy. I replied that I would ask. I listened to the arguments made...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I have made my point. I had intended to bring attention to the Chief Whip's deploring of the Government's lack of good record on Dáil reform.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: He is the Minister of State who has the responsibility to bring together the committee that is charged with that responsibility. Consequently, I simply register a protest here on behalf of Sinn Féin.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I will not take as long as the leader of Fianna Fáil, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but I want to make a point. I was watching the faces of some of the newly arrived Deputies during that whole brouhaha-----

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: -----including me.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: The fact is that this shows the character of this Government. The guillotine has been used over 50% of the time in the House. This is particular legislation which is about facilitating the banks to repossess homes.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Let us consider the Government's attitude on this and then, for example, let us consider the failure of the Government to sign up for the Council of Europe Convention on the preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Why does the Government refuse to do that? It is because the Minister for Justice and Equality says it would interfere with a person's property rights.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: They are two examples. A battered woman is put out of her own home because the Government has said that to take action would interfere with the abuser's property rights, yet here it is rushing through legislation to facilitate the banks to repossess homes without any care at all for the property rights of the mortgage holder.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: This proposal is characteristic of the way in which the Government is doing its business. The guillotine has been used in more than 50% of Bills before the House and it is proposed to use it today with three other Bills. The Government must show some respect for the process of debate and the right of Opposition and other Deputies to table amendments. I join Deputies in extending...