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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: A Cheann Comhairle, iarraim ort an Dáil a chur ar athló chun an cheist phráinneach seo a phlé, namely, the unacceptable proposal by Bord Gáis to increase electricity and gas bills for hundreds of thousands of consumers which, along with increased mortgage payments and stealth family taxes, will force more families into arrears and increase the number of people being disconnected from...

Official Engagements (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Táim buíoch don Taoiseach as freagra soiléir a thabhairt dom. Tá sé soiléir fosta go mbeidh daoine bochta, daoine atá ceangailte leis na JLCs, i dtrioblóid mhór roimh sos an samhraidh. An bhfuil aon phlean ag an Rialtas chun reachtaíocht a ghlacadh go gasta chun seo a chur ina gceart? The Taoiseach referred to difficulties facing lower paid workers, particularly in light of the...

Official Engagements (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Is this not another scandal? In the Taoiseach's own words, "There are now limited protections for workers". These are people who are already at the lowest end of the chain. The Government is saying there are limited protections and the Minister will not be able to introduce emergency legislation to provide what should be, in any republic or indeed in any society, minimum guarantees for...

Official Engagements (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: I do not accept that this is not possible. Everything is possible. Given the will of the Government and of the Opposition to protect these workers, if we decide to do it we can do it. What happened to "Is féidir linn"? Where are all the big speeches? This is a test of a Government. It is not simply the full flow of rhetoric. It is a test of a Government that as we approach the summer...

Official Engagements (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Is féidir leis an Rialtas.

Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made towards appointing a second Secretary General in his Department. [19716/11]

Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: I do not want to cut in on the other speakers. First, some questions I have also put to the Taoiseach have been transferred to other Ministers which robs me of the opportunity of putting those questions directly to an fear féin. Ba mhaith liom "Go n-éirí an t-ádh leat" a rá leis an bhean a ghlacfaidh an post nua seo. There is a question, in terms of trying to open up all of this up,...

Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: What I am trying to ascertain is not when they will become public knowledge because I find that I read more about what the Government is doing in the newspapers than I learn here in this Chamber. It is particularly difficult to get answers to questions around the work of Cabinet committees. On his first day in here the Taoiseach made a big play about opening the place up and making the...

Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: This is the nub of the matter because I want to believe what the Taoiseach says, or what he is reported as saying. The Taoiseach stated reporting will only occur when decisions have been taken. A committee returns to the Cabinet and it makes a decision, and then the public is told about that decision. What role does the Opposition have in keeping the Executive accountable in this new Dáil...

Official Engagements (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the ICTU national conference. [19529/11]

Official Engagements (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he held meetings with members of the trade union leadership at his recent visit to the ICTU conference [19530/11]

Official Engagements (12 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will continue his dialogue with the trade union leadership following his recent visit to the ICTU national conference. [19531/11]

Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (7 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will elaborate on the findings contained in his value-for-money report on special needs assistants which found an over-allocation of 27% in primary and post primary schools and 10% in special needs schools which claimed the purpose of the scheme was not well understood by either schools or parents, and that this had led to some...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to promote job retention and to counteract the tendency of companies to off-shore jobs from Ireland to countries such as Egypt and India. [19354/11]

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (6 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the potential role of sport in suicide prevention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18958/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Louth and east County Meath which have been affected by cutbacks in the provision of special needs assistants; if he will list those schools; the number of SNAs those schools had in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and the number they will have from September. [19070/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the safeguards in place to ensure that retained firefighters are not discriminated against due to their need to be in employment that is in close proximity to the fire station they are based in and her views that a failure to ensure such safeguards are in place will lead to a serious diminution in the quality and the availability of...

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (6 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the Sellafield nuclear plant will be subject to EU-wide stress tests organised at a European level in view of the concern he has expressed on this issue and not subject solely to a domestic stress test organised at a British domestic level. [19024/11]

Written Answers — Constituency Boundaries: Constituency Boundaries (6 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the context of the new Constituency Commission to establish new Dáil constituency boundaries the Commission's remit, will allow them to consider the creation of large multi-seat constituencies electing six or more Deputies. [19103/11]

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Tá mé ag caint i bhfábhar an rún a mhol Sinn Féin aréir. Iarraim ar na Teachtaí eile vótáil linn ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. I call on all Deputies, but especially those from constituencies that will lose health services and accident and emergency units and those who made election commitments, to stand with their constituents and support the Sinn Féin motion. I commend all...