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Job Creation (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: I have known it all my life.

Order of Business. (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: I, too, commend Deputy Penrose on his work as Minister of State and his long service to the Labour Party. I commend his action to other Labour Party Ministers at this time. I have two questions. We applied through the Whips to get more time to debate the cuts in capital programmes that were announced last week. Will the Taoiseach encourage his Whip to state whether more time can be...

Order of Business. (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: What about the legislation on collective bargaining?

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: I was about to ask the Taoiseach about Slovakia or Estonia but I will stick to trying to get an answer about this State.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: On 4 November, the Taoiseach indicated he would consider introducing legislation to compel the banks to pass on to customers the ECB interest rate reduction. The avalanche of press statements from Labour Party and Fine Gael backbench Deputies applauding his commitment shows that they are aware of the distress mortgage holders are under. The Taoiseach called on the banks to do the right...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: I would never expect the banks to do anything, given their involvement in the economic crisis we are trying to escape. I do not think the Taoiseach and his colleagues need the regulator to tell them what to do. They can see it in every constituency across this State. The Taoiseach spoke about straight answers. I would like to remind him of some of the Government's public interest directors...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: -----in addition to a ministerial pension. This is a supplementary question.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: A former leader of the Taoiseach's own party is chairman of the bank formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank, and he gets a cool €150,000 on top of his ministerial pension. Mr. Joe Walsh, a former Fianna Fáil Minister, is in the Bank of Ireland-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: -----as is Tom Considine, a former Secretary General of the Department of Finance, and they have earned €290,000 in fees between them since they took up those jobs.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Has the Taoiseach considered removing them and replacing them with directors who actually operate in the public interest? What say do citizens have on these issues if the banks are going to do whatever they want, regardless of the pleas of the Government?

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Is he a former Labour Party Minister, like Deputy Penrose?

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: A Cheann Comhairle, the Taoiseach is reading from a document.

Departmental Reviews (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach consider a review of policy on the payment of politicians' pensions? This year almost €8.8 million of taxpayers money was paid out in pensions for 109 former Ministers, may of whom are still in employment. What steps will the Taoiseach take to tackle this scandal?

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in the implementation of the Programme for Government. [34019/11]

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to review the Programme for Government. [34020/11]

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to bring forward a new Programme for Government. [34021/11]

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update in the work done by his Department in coordinating the work of Government. [34071/11]

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if a Cabinet office has been set up to monitor and oversee the implementation of the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34187/11]

Human Rights Issues (10 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is planning on proceeding with the proposal undertaken by the previous Government to clearly label any produce that comes from illegal Israeli settlements in order that customers here are aware of the origins of what they are buying. [33717/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (10 Nov 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen beds in med one in Louth County Hospital to deal with overcrowding in Drogheda Hospital; the number of beds that will be opened; when will this come into effect; and if the development is permanent or temporary. [33815/11]