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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: That is hard to accept. The decision was not made in the middle of the night. The Government had clearly set out a different way of doing business. It had particularly talked about giving a new status in terms of authority and importance to the committees and because of public concern about the level of patronage in doling out these positions in the past made it clear that there would be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments he has made to State boards since he came into office; if he will outline the procedures for identifying persons for appointments to State boards. [41491/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form all appointments to State boards under his ambit since the Government took office; when the person was appointed; if the position entitles the holder to remuneration and if so the amount in each case; if the appointment was made in accordance with new procedures whereby Departments have to invite expressions of interest from the public...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach the number of chairs of State boards that have been appointed since the Government came into office; if there is a remuneration for the position and if so the amount of same; if the appointee was required to go before Oireachtas Committees to discuss what they have to offer to the particular board or committee to which they are being appointed. [45827/12]

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: I can see, after that answer, why they think the Taoiseach is special.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: I understand the negotiations are ongoing.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach has a significant amount of honest leverage in that this debt is not payable. The cost for the people is crippling. The Taoiseach knows the story so I will not recite it to him but he knows the number of people who are broken from paying the bankers’ private debt. That is the price. Some times in negotiations, one has to be unreasonable-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: -----and have a clear objective in mind. Will the Taoiseach just acknowledge, contrary to the Government’s claims, that no deal on legacy debt was done in June, as it is clear to everyone else? Will he also make it clear that the debt is not payable? I do not know if the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, was speaking for the Government but last week he said the debt was not...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach should tell that to our partners in Europe today.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Cuirfidh me an cheist ar a bhfuil an Taoiseach ag fanacht. Tá a fhios agam go raibh an Taoiseach an-ghnóthach ag an deireadh seachtaine ag eitilt ó áit go háit agus ag bualadh le daoine.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Tuigim sin, agus bhí an Taoiseach ag éisteacht fosta. Is it fair to say that Sinn Féin and the Government are of one mind in that the legacy debt must be got rid of if there is to be any chance of regenerating the economy that was wrecked by our friends in Fianna Fáil? I wonder if it is possible-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Go raibh maith agat. Despite the Taoiseach's telephone conversation with the German Chancellor and his meeting with the French President, he failed to clarify how that unsustainable debt is to be paid. I put it to the Taoiseach that the first thing that must be acknowledged is that this debt is unpayable. The Taoiseach has never done that. He has never said "This is not payable. We...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: -----but a legacy debt was not even mentioned in the June statement. The truth is that no deal was done and no agreement was reached. I understand that negotiations are ongoing and that the game is still on but would it be sensible for the Taoiseach to make it clear that this debt is not payable? Would it be sensible to make it clear also that a deal was not done on legacy debt in June?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Remuneration (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the savings that would be made if there was a cap of €100,000 on salaries in his Department. [46081/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Travel (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the foreign visits he has planned between now and the end of 2012. [45651/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in a tabular form a list of quasi-governmental organisations and agencies that have been created since 9 March 2011;the date on which the body was created; the name of the body; the 2012 budget for the body; the number of employees of the body and if the body engages manpower resources from outside the body. [45991/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form all appointments to State boards under his ambit since the Government took office; when the person was appointed; if the position entitles the holder to remuneration and if so the amount in each case; if the appointment was made in accordance with new procedures whereby Departments have to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of chairs of State boards that have been appointed since the Government came into office; if there is a remuneration for the position and if so the amount of same; if the appointee was required to go before Oireachtas Committees to discuss what they have to offer to the particular Board or Committee to which they...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Contracts (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total number of contracts a company (details supplied) has now or in the past with State owned financial institutions of Allied Irish Bank, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, Permanent TSB and the National Assets management Agency; if he will detail the services the company is providing to each of these financial...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fitness and Probity Regime (23 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether as per the Central Bank of Ireland Guidance on Fitness and Probity Standards 2011 the Central Bank of Ireland assured itself that persons in a company (details supplied) performing the pre-approval controlled functions are compliant with the Fitness and Probity standards; if he will detail if he is concerned about the number of...