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Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: Gan amhras, is buiséad millteanach, cruálach agus dona é buiséad 2013. Aontaím lies an Taoiseach faoi Fhianna Fáil ach ní féidir leis an locht a chur ar na daoine eile mar gheall as beartais an Rialtais seo. The CSO figures released today show that the economy contracted by 0.4% between July and September. It is clear that the economy is flat and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to rectify the situation whereby some children in foster care on reaching 18 years are then placed in the care of the Department of Justice even when their foster carers wish for them to remain in their care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56773/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: United Nations Conventions (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ratify the third Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure which would enable children and their families to make complaints to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. [56774/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Appointments (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Special Advisors or Press Advisors she has appointed within her Department; the names of the advisors; the date of their appointment and the total salary and remuneration package in each case. [56407/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Governance (18 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health if there have been changes in the management structure of the Health Service Executive in the north east region; if there has been a change in the management structure for the running of the Louth Meath Hospital Group; if the hospitals remain under the ambit of the area manager for the north east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56816/12]

Business of Dáil (13 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, he suspended Deputy Mac Lochlainn yesterday.

Business of Dáil (13 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: He was quite rightly allowed to vote earlier. I understand he was subsequently denied entry to the Chamber to vote. He has a constitutional entitlement to vote and a mandate to vote. I ask the Ceann Comhairle to look into this matter.

Business of Dáil (13 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: I understand that. I have only been here a short period and there are many traditions in this Chamber which I think are archaic, anti-democratic and stifle proper and full debate. I know the Ceann Comhairle is only here to interpret and implement the rules but we will take legal advice on this matter.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: I was just listening to the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, late of Sinn Féin, Official Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party, The Workers' Party, New Agenda, Democratic Left and now the Labour Party. He and his party leader have destroyed every party they were ever part of, with the exception of Sinn Féin. That is a warning for the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: Tonight, families are sitting back to count and try to calculate how much they have. They are trying to work out which bills they can pay and which bills they cannot pay. They are looking at their grocery bills and wondering what they can and cannot afford. The Government does not care. It has done its calculations and it knows how much money it is picking from the pockets of its...

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: The budget does not include any ideas on how to-----

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: -----reduce unemployment or get the economy off the ropes.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Deputies opposite do not want to hear. I ask them to listen so they might learn something.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: This punitive and cruel budget will increase financial hardship and poverty for tens of thousands of families. Child benefit is a universal payment that is made to the children of the State. The men and women of 1916, including the man who founded the Labour Party, of whom it has been said that when he went into the GPO, the Labour Party never came out again, signed up-----

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: -----to a Proclamation that said the Republic would cherish "all the children of the nation equally". The Democratic Programme of the First Dáil, which was drafted by Thomas Johnson, who was another leader of the Labour Party, said "it shall be the first duty of the Government of the Republic to make provision for the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of the children, to secure...

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: -----to include two locations in his constituency and has closed public nursing home beds while engaged in the business of private nursing home industry. What about the election pledge that the Minister, Deputy Quinn, gave to students? That is the kind of stroke politics that the Fianna Fáil leadership was renowned for.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: When the former Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, drew attention to a scandal involving the Minister for Health, the Labour Party leadership looked the other way. I hope the Ministers of State who are in attendance do not mind me raising the big issue of the North, the peace process and the need to implement the Good Friday Agreement fully. Most of the Government's commentary on this...

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Tánaiste today expressed his admiration for David Cameron's "determination to get to the truth" about Pat Finucane. I remind the House that the de Silva report was about stopping the Finucane family from getting the truth. The members of the family made that plain today. This Government's cynical attitude towards the promises it made and towards its own electorate - if we forget...

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: They should take the patriotic choice, which is to take a walk - go - in the interests of the people.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Minister has just left, but I wanted to tell him that the reason Deputy Doherty was not around was that he buried his father over the summer. I ask the Minister's colleagues to please convey that information to him.