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Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 669. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 23 April 2013, if he will acknowledge that a person (details supplied) has sought referral to the tertiary services in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin, that Cappagh Hospital confirmed that the most appropriate place for treatment was abroad; that their consultant did identify a treatment abroad, as opposed to a request...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 636. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was no availability of a patient transfer ambulance on 7 May 2013 for a person (details supplied) in County Clare, to take the person to surgical clinic appointment in the Mid Western hospital [23881/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 646. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no intermediate ambulance care services available in County Clare; if he will consider making these services available; when the review of these services within the mid western region including County Clare will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24013/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (21 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 656. To ask the Minister for Health if the medication pradaxa is available for medical card holders and in the case of a patient who has been prescribed pradaxa by a consultant cardiologist, the procedure used to ensure that this is issued under the GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24084/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I commend the chambers of commerce and councils involved in this project, particularly the individuals who came up with the idea and kept faith with it. Fair play to them. This is how things work. Notionally, the final decision on the project rests with the northern Minister of Finance and Personnel, Mr. Sammy Wilson. One needs to give careful consideration to whether it would be of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (16 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in view of the his recent visit to Turkey, he believes that the PKK’s historic ceasefire will have a positive impact on the political and security environment of that country, and create conditions for meaningful dialogue between the two sides. [23238/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the UN Security Council to adopt Resolution 2099, which extends the peacekeeping mandate in Western Sahara MINURSO for one more year and if he believes there should be a human rights monitoring and a reporting element for MINURSO.; and if he will make a statement...

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I note reports of progress in negotiations between the unions and the Government under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission. Some media reports indicate the Government has dropped some of the more anti-family and anti-women aspects that led to the defeat of the proposed Croke Park II deal. Does the Government intend to introduce legislation to cut the pay of public sector workers...

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: As I understand-----

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I do wish the Government well, but is the legislation going ahead?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: It may be the report has potential, we must wait and see. We must factor in the lack of confidence in the Minister and the fact he has broken promise after promise. He entered office promising to restore emergency services to Roscommon General Hospital and he broke that and other promises. It is deplorable, as it is for the family involved, that a patient should spend a night on a trolley....

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I know what happened there. It was a systems failure and there is no evidence it will be corrected by those proposals.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I know exactly what went on and Deputy Shatter, as Minister for Justice and Equality, would not rectify it.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: The test for good hospital services is that patients get the best treatment possible and they and their families have confident that this is the case. It is clear at the moment, despite the excellent work being done by health professionals and health workers, that this is not the case for many people. Yesterday's reports on hospitals groups and the framework for smaller hospitals have been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Capital Investment Programme (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide specific details of the strategic investments his Department plans to make under the Tourism Capital Investment Programme; if he will outline the way the €19m will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22854/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Employment Rights Issues (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that employment in the accommodation and food services sector showed an increase in 2012 and that 123,100 people now work in the industry, if he accepts that decent pay and working conditions are vital if the sector is to develop, and that to date this has not been the case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigration Data (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the report by the National Youth Council of Ireland which indicates that 300,000 persons have emigrated in the past four years, if he will outline his strategy for dealing with the Irish diaspora. [23149/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (15 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: 278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 13 March 2013, when the sports capital fund stream of funding will be open for applicants in 2013; and whether a club (details supplied) will be entitled to apply [23128/13]

Good Friday Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: To which Queen is the Deputy referring?

Good Friday Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that:- this year marks the 15th anniversary of the historic Good Friday Agreement in 1998, which was ratified by an overwhelming majority of citizens in referenda held North and South on 22 May 1998; - this is set out in an internationally binding treaty; - the Agreement recognises fully the differences between the equally legitimate political...