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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: My question is very straightforward and brief. Why does the Taoiseach not give the citizens the option of a preferendum of abolition, retention or, more important from our point of view, root and branch reform of the second Chamber?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Korea.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I also wish to send best wishes to Teachta Higgins's mother and to the Higgins family. I will give my own take on what politics should be about. It should be about empowering citizens, systems of government should be accountable and transparent. and politicians should be the servants of the people. Consequently, the starting point of this discussion on the reform of the Oireachtas should...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if a date has been agreed for the holding of a referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann. [28685/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 6. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the holding of a referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann. [28686/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the consultation process he intends to hold in relation to his plans to hold a referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann. [28687/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the timeframe for the referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann. [31609/13]

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: The ongoing revelations from the Anglo tapes continue to anger and outrage citizens. When I raised this issue with the Taoiseach last week, much of the focus was on who from within Fianna Fáil met the bankers. I also invited Deputy Martin, who was then a senior Minister in the Cabinet, to make a statement to the Dáil setting out which Fianna Fáil Ministers had met the bankers.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: There has been no response from the Fianna Fáil leadership.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I also asked the Taoiseach whether tapes from any other banks exist-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: -----and he told me that he did not know. I then asked if he would find out if other tapes existed. Does the Taoiseach know now, a week later, if there are similar tapes in the other banks affected, including Irish Nationwide Building Society, Allied Irish Banks, the Educational Building Society, Bank of Ireland and Irish Life & Permanent? We all know that Anglo Irish Bank...

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach will excuse me if I am a little discommoded by the fact that the Minister is to write to the banks tomorrow.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: This all happened four or five years ago. The Government did not know last week if any tapes existed. Conveniently, the Minister for Finance is going to rush out of the Chamber now and write a letter that will be sent to the banks tomorrow. Is this the type of approach the Government is taking to these issues? There is a sense that there is one law for the well-connected and rich, another...

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: I do not believe what the Government is doing at this late hour is sufficient. I also do not believe anyone else will be persuaded about its intentions in this matter. The Government's handling of these matters has been dismal and is part of the national disgrace that this whole debacle brought upon ordinary citizens, including the Taoiseach's neighbours, family members and constituents.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Government did not even know they existed.

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: Does the Garda Síochána have copies of the tapes?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Consultation Process (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultations he will hold, here and with other EU countries and institutions and any others, before announcing the budget. [31873/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Note Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered freezing the issuing internationally of the converted promissory notes, currently held at the Central Bank, pending an investigation into the handing of these notes to Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide, with a view to destroying the bonds if it is found that the promissory notes were issued on the basis of fraudulent and misleading...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: European Parliament Elections (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the boundaries for the forthcoming European elections will be confirmed following the accession of Croatia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31620/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions (2 Jul 2013)

Gerry Adams: 572. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received reports from An Garda Síochána or the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in relation to the investigation into the banking collapse; if he is satisfied with the progress of the investigations; if there are sufficient resources to progress the investigations; if the investigation teams have in their...