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Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the progress that has been made to transform his Department into a Cabinet office to streamline Government and oversee the implementation of the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11049/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Statistics: Departmental Statistics (1 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Social Protection of the 140,000 persons that she has stated left the live register to take up work last year, the number that took up full-time work, the number that took up part-time work; the number that took up education; the number that transferred to other social welfare payments; and the number that left the country. [11878/12]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (1 Mar 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the claim made at a conference on the 7 February 2012 that half the population will be living in fuel poverty within five years if current trends continue; and her plans in response to same. [11877/12]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs to be created in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 to create a net increase of 100,000 new jobs by the year 2016. [11310/12]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the issue of the plight of the people of Tibet with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping during his recent visit. [10761/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 22 February 2012, the identity of a person from a company (details supplied) whom he met on 8 November 2011. [11671/12]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance his views that FTI Consulting can truly be considered an independent adviser when, in the aftermath of the acquisition of its US advisory role for the bank, it subsequently hired a person (details supplied), a former vice president within Anglo Irish Bank; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the senior management partners at...

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contracts signed by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, to advise upon the sales of commercial loan books in 2011 and 2012; and the total cost to the bank of these contracts. [11791/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases the National Asset Management Agency allows debtors to retain part of the income from their income producing assets to pay overheads including salaries to the debtors themselves; the number of cases in which debtors are receiving salaries; if he will provide a breakdown of the salaries received by these debtors; the number that...

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 22 February 2012, if he will outline the exact date officials in his Department were notified as part of the ongoing communications with IBRC about the existence of the retention agreement between a company (details supplied) and IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11841/12]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 22 February 2012, if he will detail if the officials in his Departments' weekly discussions with a company (details supplied) about IBRC were with the advisory or investment side of the company; if he will detail the purpose of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11842/12]

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the number of meetings held by his Department or NTMA officials with any part of a group (details supplied) on any topic since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11843/12]

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his involvement in transition teams to manage the exodus of staff from the public sector under the early retirement scheme by the end of February 2012. [10763/12]

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the permanent monuments that exist to commemorate the Famine; and if he has given any consideration to developing a national permanent monument to commemorate the Famine. [11798/12]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 19 October 2011, if an embargo remains in place in respect of two posts in the National Counselling Service in the Health Service Executive in counties Louth, Cavan and Monaghan; when he expects the positions to be filled; if the promised review was carried out in January 2012 and the outcome of same;...

State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: The sell-off of State assets is bad politics and bad economics, and in Sinn Féin's view it is not necessary. That is not Fine Gael's position, which is fair enough. In fairness to the party, it has been clear about that for a long time. However, the Labour Party used to believe that selling off State assets was bad politics and bad economics and was not necessary. There was a time when...

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach should also move speedily to clarify the timeframe for this referendum. Will he give a solemn undertaking to this Dáil and to the citizens of this State that he will abide by whatever outcome is reached? Is gá go ndéanfadh an Rialtas díospóireacht mhácanta, agus gan na vótairí a mhisniú chun vótáil i gcoinne an chonartha. This week when the Taoiseach goes to...

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: We cannot have a replay of the second Nice treaty and Lisbon treaty referendums. Let the facts speak and set aside the scare tactics. The question in the referendum must be clear. Does one support or reject this treaty and its content? Sinn Féin's position is crystal clear. We are against it. I am happy the Fianna Fáil leader has reminded us that Sinn Féin has been right on every...

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: Tá sin go hiontach. B'fhéidir gur féidir leis rud éigin a fhoghlaim. Molaim dó éisteacht go cúramach liom. What is needed is a strategy for jobs and growth through stimulus. There are 23 million citizens unemployed across the EU but this treaty will not mean one additional cent has been allocated to job creation.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Gerry Adams: The Government and the EU have proposed a treaty which deals with none of the problems facing Europe. It does not deal with the debt crisis, the banking crisis or the unemployment crisis. There are solutions, however. As I said, we need investment in jobs and growth. I know the Government has pilfered most of it but we still have a National Pensions Reserve Fund of €5.3 billion. This...