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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (30 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed account of the amount of money spent by Culture Ireland in 2012 and in the year to date in 2013; if he will provide specific details of the way the money was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26095/13]

European Council: Statements (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: The EU Heads of Mission Jerusalem report was handed over to EU Governments in January but does not seem to have been acted upon. I have raised this a number of times with the Taoiseach so I will not rehearse it now. Can we get a commitment that it will be on the agenda during the Irish Presidency and acted upon because this report was issued by the EU Heads of Mission themselves? Has the...

European Council: Statements (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Tax avoidance and evasion were two of the key issues discussed at the EU Council summit. Last week, we had the startling revelation that one Apple subsidiary was only paying a 2% tax rate, well below the 12.5% statutory rate. It is important to acknowledge that multinationals have brought and continue to bring much needed investment and job creation to our communities. However, there is a...

Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I also want to oppose proposal No. 3. We saw from our discussions during Leaders' Questions, and this has come up many times, that there is a backlog of progressive legislation. Yet this draconian legislation is to be rushed through with the guillotine being employed. It is shameful that a Labour Minister is bringing in new powers to cut the pay of public sector workers or to increase...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: We agree with the Taoiseach's comments about what the service should be, but the reality is this is a private, for-profit sector for child care. That is a fact from which we cannot get away. No matter how we come to this, there is an absence of trained staff and a lack of enforcement standards. There is a weak inspection regime, which has led in this case to the abuse of citizens who...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: This is not England.

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I was asking the Government not to give funding in that case.

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I also offer support. We have a long history, under Deputy Ó Caoláin's leadership, of working with the Government on children's rights issues and I am sure the Minister will testify to that. We also will work with the Government to ensure that children have the proper legislative protection. Last night's investigation by RTE, as the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Application Numbers (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the numbers of persons who applied for invalidity pension in each county for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; the numbers of those who were refused and granted and of those who were refused, the number that appealed the decision and the number that were successful and unsuccessful in those appeals; of those...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies Funding (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the 16 additional temporary staff assigned to Money Advice and Budgeting Service is sufficient. [25708/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancies there are currently in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in County Louth [25994/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 219. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a backlog or waiting list to access services with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in County Louth; the timeframe of the backlog or waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25995/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Council Funding (29 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures and checks that have been put in place to monitor the way the Irish Hockey Association spends public money it receives from the Irish Sports Council; and if the ISC has increased its monitoring of Irish hockey since financial concerns were raised in the media in late 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I refer to the protected disclosure in the public interest Bill. Given the treatment of the two Garda whistleblowers who drew attention to the cancellation of penalty points and the fact that one of them had to leave the force it is clear that the Bill is urgently needed. It says a lot about the Government that it is rushing through legislation this week to cut the pay of public sector...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: The summit meeting - in respect of which I tabled a number of questions - must have been very disappointing. There are major crises occurring throughout the world. I refer to events in the Middle East, the ongoing situation in Cyprus - which does not appear to have got much mention at the summit - and the massive problem of youth unemployment. The figure for the latter here, approximately...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Three months ago the European Council agreed to launch an EU-wide youth employment initiative. What concrete steps has the Government taken to further this initiative? There is also an ongoing crisis in agriculture. As the Taoiseach will be aware, EU Agriculture Ministers are meeting at Dublin Castle to try to arrive at a deal in respect of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council summit on 22 May. [25199/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of youth unemployment at the European Council summit on 22 May. [25200/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the retrospective recapitalisation of the Irish pillar banks at the European Council summit on 22 May. [25201/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (28 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. It is a good and positive advance that vacancies in these boards are publicised on the websites of Departments and that chairpersons come to Oireachtas committees and give an account of their vision. However, I note that an Oireachtas committee cannot prevent the appointment of a chairperson. I made the case previously to the Taoiseach that a real...