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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (12 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the functions of the parliamentary liaison unit in his Department. [51687/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (12 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: In September last year, the then Taoiseach, Teachta Kenny, spoke in the Dáil about the need to improve communications between Ministers and their Departments. He outlined how, to facilitate this approach, a parliamentary liaison unit was established. He specifically said that it was to facilitate an enhanced relationship between the Government and the Oireachtas. More recently this...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: My question is on the health (transport support) Bill. In February 2013 the Government scrapped the mobility allowance scheme and the motorised transport grants because they were not in compliance with the Equal Status Act and the Disability Act. That was done despite a recommendation by the Ombudsman that the schemes be widened. I remember it very well. The Ombudsman ruled they were...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: Given the serialised form of these answers, may I have a right to reply?

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: I told you that, Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: That was not very impressive, Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: As temperatures fall below freezing this week, the plight of our homeless citizens, particularly those forced to sleep on the streets, takes on an even sharper focus. Today, there is a day-long protest outside the Dáil organised by My Name Is, and I commend all those involved. They are holding this protest because they care and because the Government is refusing to take the necessary...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: The fact that the Taoiseach is not able to answer my question underlines the case I made, which is that the Government does not believe there is an emergency in the context of homelessness. This is the second week in a row the Taoiseach has not been able to answer a question. Last week, I asked about services for citizens with mental health problems. The figures I gave him are absolutely...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: I will do my best. I will take my example from the former Tánaiste, who was on watch when many of these issues developed. My question to the Taoiseach was ignored by him. It was related to access for people in the North to the European Court of Justice and other European institutions and to clarifying that the Government would not move to the next phase of the negotiations until there...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for structural and management changes in his Department. [51686/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: The debacle on Monday around the negotiations between the EU and the British Government has brought into sharp focus the difficulties involved in managing the Brexit process. Does the Taoiseach have any plans to increase the number of staff in his Department or to change how staff are deployed to deal with this issue? I am also concerned at the way the weekend's events were managed....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: As others said, many questions remain to be answered, not least about the role played by the former Tánaiste and the current Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Charles Flanagan, in the handling of the emails debacle. I welcome the scéal that a senior counsel will carry out a review. Will the Taoiseach indicate when the senior counsel will be named? The Taoiseach has also...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Membership (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: Táim buíoch den Taoiseach fosta. Apart from responding to the type of incidents the Taoiseach mentioned, does Cabinet committee A have any role in ensuring that An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces are trained and equipped to deal with these types of incidents? Does it have the authority to review and update the current national security and intelligence structure?...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Membership (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: 2. To ask the Taoiseach to list the Ministers and officials who attend meetings of Cabinet committee F (national security). [51914/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: The programme for Government states the Government will honour its commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. Today President Trump is expected to announce his intention to formally recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy there. That is in flagrant breach of the international consensus on a two-state solution. Will the Taoiseach urge President Trump not to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: What about the recognition of the state of Palestine?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: I expect the Taoiseach to come back to me on that, in his own time. Some 643,000 citizens are recorded as having a disability. Budget 2018 had no commitment to increase personal assistant hours or respite care services, despite the increased need for support. In fact, overnight hours of respite care for children with disabilities have dropped from 44,000 overnight hours to 40,000....

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: I also want to refer to last night's "Prime Time" harrowing programme which focused on family members who were providing care for their loved ones. It highlighted the fact that the Government was failing in a very profound way those in need of care. It also painted a stark picture of the incredible stress and distress experienced by many families who were struggling to provide care with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: I also want to raise the issue of precarious work. That is essentially work that is insecure and unpredictable, including low-paid work, work with limited or no benefits and work in unsafe and unhealthy workplaces. I understand that in this institution some staff are also on short-term low-hours contracts. Here, in the Parliament of the State, that is the sort of example that we are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Adams: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A - economy - last met; when it is scheduled to meet again; and if he will report on its work. [50384/17]