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Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Before the Ceann Comhairle puts this to a vote, may I ask him for some advice?

Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: With regard to the ordering of business, there are reports about propositions being unveiled by the European Commission. There will be a summit on 9 December.

Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Yes.

Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: There is a real problem about the ordering of business here and I am looking for some advice. For example, the summit on 9 December will consider propositions from the European Commission. We should have a discussion before that meeting. I know I can be referred to the Whips and so forth, but I want some handle on this. There is a real issue with German parliamentarians being able to...

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Yesterday, the Cabinet acted promptly - I will wait until I have caught the Taoiseach's attention.

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Yesterday, the Cabinet acted promptly to establish an independent inquiry into a broadcast by RTE and that is to be commended. The patient support and advocacy organisation, Dignity4Patients, has been campaigning for decades for an independent commission of inquiry into allegations about the sexual abuse of boys and young men in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. The Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: With respect, that is not good enough. The Cabinet has the authority to authorise such a commission of inquiry and the Minister for Health has already received advice from the Attorney General. It is very clear. I received a letter from a victim of this abuse and he implores the Taoiseach to do something about this, as promised. He included a copy of an e-mail he had sent to the Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: I ask the Taoiseach to give a commitment that he will announce a commission of inquiry before the Christmas recess and that he will consult the victims of this alleged abuse on the terms of reference. The patients' advocacy group Dignity4Patients has had its funding cut significantly. I have raised this issue before with the Minister for Health and the Taoiseach to ensure the group is...

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: It was not, the Taoiseach is mistaken.

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: It concerns a commission for inquiry. Why can the Taoiseach not do in government what he supported when in opposition?

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets he has set for job creation every year through the four year budget cycle outlined in the medium term fiscal statement. [35940/11]

Written Answers — Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Convention (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the proposed timeline for work on the constitutional convention; and the way that participation in the convention will be structured. [35495/11]

Written Answers — Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Convention (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 97: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures he will put in place to ensure participation by communities and civic society in the constitutional convention. [36087/11]

Written Answers — Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Convention (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 98: To ask the Taoiseach the timeframe he envisages for the proposed constitutional convention. [36088/11]

Written Answers — Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Convention (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 99: To ask the Taoiseach when the work of the proposed constitutional convention will commence. [36089/11]

Written Answers — Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Convention (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 100: To ask the Taoiseach the steps that have been taken to prepare for the setting up of the proposed constitutional convention. [36090/11]

Written Answers — Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Convention (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 101: To ask the Taoiseach the matters which will be under the remit of the constitutional convention. [36091/11]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach if he has made any arrangements to meet with the family of human rights solicitor Pat Finucane. [35499/11]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 102: To ask the Taoiseach if former holders of the Office of Attorney General have been appointed to State boards by the current or former Governments; the details of such appointments to include position taken, name of organisation, salary or income derived or expenses claimed per annum, any additional benefits including car provided, travel costs per annum, terms of office and so...

Written Answers — Economic and Monetary Union: Economic and Monetary Union (22 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his reaction to comments from the French President, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, predicting that a two-speed Europe will emerge from the debt crisis, with some euro-zone states moving towards closer integration and the rest making up a looser confederation. [35500/11]