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Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: There are 40,000 such cases.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: It does not.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: There are thousands of them.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: In budget 2013, the Government signalled that €750 million would be cut from health spending this year and that medical card entitlements would be targeted. During the Easter recess in April, the HSE announced that further restrictions on medical cards were being introduced. This followed on from legislation that lowered the income threshold for medical card qualification among...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: This is a part of the Government's austerity policy. Parents have needed to cope with such situations. Does the Minister accept that, in taking medical cards from thousands of families, the Government is inflicting financial hardship and poorer health prospects on people who are already struggling? Does he accept that this additional cut is especially severe for families like the one to...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: That sounds wonderful, but it does not reflect the reality of life for citizens like the one I mentioned. I will provide another example. I received a letter seeking support for a man in County Galway. It reads:Jimmy is in general good health, but he requires the constant presence of a responsible adult at all times for safety issues as he is registered blind and very deaf. His children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the July Provision Programme for children with Autism and if siblings with Autism will be entitled to one-to-one provision to meet their individual needs as stated in section 7 of the terms and conditions of the 2011 July provision scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32209/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department wrote to the National Council for Special Education on 30 May regarding the 75% resource teaching allocations they were asked to delay communicating this information to schools for three weeks; if he will respond to criticism that this resulted in considerable uncertainty for school authorities who would have found it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Louth has proposed to integrate an autism unit into its school and that a prefabricated building has been in place for some time now; the reason the service has not yet been established in this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32309/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided by his Department by agencies dealing with the issue of homelessness in County Louth in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the amount that has been allocated for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32443/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Domestic Violence Policy (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided by his Department by agencies dealing with the issue of domestic violence in County Louth in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the amount that has been allocated for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32444/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive Garda vetting which has been applied for and which is essential for them to gain work experience which they are required to do as part of FETAC Level 5 course they have undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32308/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures used by an Garda Síochána when establishing the marital status of a Brazilian citizen living here who proposes to get married in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32318/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures used by An Garda Síochána when establishing the marital status of a Filipino citizen living here who proposes to get married here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32456/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (3 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 222. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to review the funding his Department provides to tackle the issue of cocaine use; if this review will have an impact on the services currently provided by the Louth Community Drug and Alcohol Team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32432/13]

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathoirligh.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Last week's European Council summit marked the end of our Presidency.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Lads, an bhfuil seans ar bith agam? While I disagree with the Taoiseach's policy on many issues, I commend the great energy he brought to these challenges. Some progress was made on several issues, such as the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy, but it is fair to state the Presidency was characterised by spin and exaggeration on many occasions, not least in the...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur faoi reachtaíocht atá geallta. Will the Taoiseach provide an update on the child and family agency Bill and the Children First Bill? He may be aware that independent assessments of child protection services in Roscommon, south east Dublin and Waterford have revealed yet again the lack of appropriate services for the most vulnerable. In more than half...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom mo chómhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann Pádraig Faulkner agus le Fianna Fáil. Ní raibh aithne agam ar Phádraig Faulkner. Mar a dúirt ceannaire Fhianna Fail, an Taoiseach agus an Tánaiste, bhí sé mar Teachta Dála don dáilcheantar - Lú - ar feadh tréimhse fada. Chuala mé a lán scéalta faoi....