Results 841-860 of 11,500 for speaker:Gerry Adams
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Communications (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: Now that the Minister for Health has said that the new children’s hospital is unlikely to be called the Phoenix, does the Taoiseach support the proposal that the hospital be named the Kathleen Lynn children's hospital? Many believe that so naming it would be a recognition of her important historic role in delivering medical care for the women and children of Dublin. It would be...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: The British Government's presence at this meeting on Thursday provides an opportunity for the Taoiseach to secure greater clarity from the British Prime Minister about her interpretation of and her response to elements of last week's communique. The Government has made it clear that it believes the communique commits the British state to maintain a regulatory alignment between the North and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the matters he intends to raise at the next meeting of the European Council. [51688/17]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: I return the festive greetings to the leader of Fianna Fáil. I also share them with the Ceann Comhairle, with everybody else, including the staff, and especially with the Taoiseach. I am still basking in the warm afterglow of his praise for me as a revolutionary socialist. I thank him for that comment.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: I know.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach should not change his mind now.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Taoiseach. I also intend to outlast him, but there we have it.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: My question is a serious one. It is about the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017. The Taoiseach will know that hundreds of young people are in some form of mental health distress and are on waiting lists to see a psychiatrist. Some 2,500 young people are waiting for mental health services. Some 317 have been on waiting lists for more than a year. Can the Taoiseach imagine being on a...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: On a point of order, I never heard the Taoiseach's response to my question.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: Keep the recovery going.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach will recall that I raised the crisis in respite care with him last Wednesday following the RTÉ "Carers in Crisis" programme. During Leaders' Questions, I made a modest proposal to increase respite care hours by 20%, which would cost €13 million. I also proposed that the Government should provide 2 million additional home-help hours and 2,500 home-care packages at a...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: I finished on time, a Cheann Comhairle - no waffle.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: Yes, I would.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: The reason I wrote to the Taoiseach was because he was not able to answer my questions. I hope he will do so quickly and I hope he does not send me a "Dear John" letter. According to a response received last night to a parliamentary question from an Teachta Louise O'Reilly, our health spokesperson, the HSE will have provided 14,293 fewer overnight respite sessions and 591 fewer day...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: Belfast is in Ireland. It is a matter of geography.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: This is not Ireland; it is only a part of Ireland.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: Following the publication of the communiqué last Friday, Sinn Féin warned that the devil would be in the detail and in recent days, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and the Taoiseach have had to reject British Government efforts to water down the implications of that communiqué. The issue of whether it is legally binding or simply a statement of intent is still not resolved. I...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: We were always Irish citizens.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Gerry Adams: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, since 17 November 2017. [51915/17]