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Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Except when they do not.

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I want an answer but I am not getting it.

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Fáilte ar ais, a Cheann Comhairle. Apple's CEO, Mr. Tim Cooke, has told a US Senate investigation that for the past ten years Apple Sales Ireland has paid an average corporation tax rate of just 2%. In 2011 this company paid at a tax rate of just 0.5%. Another company, Apple Operations International, also based here had an income of €30 billion between 2009 and 2012 and,...

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: That is not what I asked.

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Clearly, there is one law, but it is one law for the rich and one law for everyone else.

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Implicit - explicit in the Tánaiste's answer - is that in one case the company has got off without paying any tax, paying less than 2% in another and 0.5% in another. The Minister should count this up instead of giving smart answers. The Tánaiste should look at what he has done recently to reshape Revenue. Revenue officials can now go to people's credit union and bank accounts...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Statistics (22 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of young persons employed in March 2011; the number currently in employment; and the success of initiatives to create and retain jobs for young people. [24443/13]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Bring back Pádraig Joyce.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I wish to share time with Deputy Seán Crowe.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: It is nearly 12 months since the Taoiseach returned to the Dáil announcing a seismic shift, a game changer. He told us he had secured the separation of sovereign debt from banking debt and that our banks would be recapitalised retrospectively. However, 12 months on, we are no clearer on how much of the €30 billion of taxpayers' money which the Government and its Fianna Fáil...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach says it is not true and he could be right, but the fact is that, if he is right, this needs to be corrected. The US Senate report also states Apple uses what it describes as tax havens such as this State, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. The Taoiseach says the tax regime here is transparent and based on statute, but it seems these statutes permit tax avoidance strategies....

Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: The position our spokesperson and Sinn Féin have taken up is that the breach of the Minister’s office in declaring information given to him by a member of Garda Síochána should be subject to an independent inquiry. I asked earlier why this was not made the responsibility of the Garda Ombudsman. The way the Taoiseach has set this out could prejudice an inquiry which may...

Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Regarding the Magdalen laundries redress scheme, the Taoiseach might recall following his apology to the women who were enslaved in these laundries that the Minister for Justice and Equality committed to having a comprehensive scheme of supports for the surviving women. Mr. Justice Quirke was to examine and advise on the scheme’s mechanisms and report back to the Government within...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Travel (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: He is going to Belfast.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Travel (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: Tá fadhbanna ann fós maidir leis an slí atáimid ag déileáil leis na ceisteanna seo. Tá a lán ceisteanna ann, agus ba mhaith liom amharc ar na moltaí atá ag an Taoiseach faoi athrú a dhéanamh ar na rialacha a bhaineann le díospóireachtaí anseo. It might be appropriate if we expressed solidarity with and sympathy for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Travel (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States for St Patrick's Day. [14816/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Travel (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with US President Barack Obama in the White House, Washington, on 19 March 2013. [14817/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Travel (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on bilateral meetings he held while in the United States for St Patrick's Day. [14818/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Travel (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he discussed with US President Obama during their meeting in the White House, Washington, on 19 March 2013. [14819/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Travel (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the need for an inquiry into the killing of Belfast human rights solicitor Mr Pat Finucane with President Obama during their meeting on 19 March 2013. [14820/13]