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Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Last week older people and their families were alarmed when it was announced that funding for the fair deal nursing home care scheme was running out. It was reported that the allocation for 2011 was exhausted and that the HSE had suspended the approval of-----

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Tá a lán daoine iontach buartha faoin ábhar seo.

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: The Minister for Health and Children has stated new applications will be dealt with, which is to be welcomed, and that the problem was that the HSE had used the €100 million for other purposes. For its part, the HSE has stated the total budget available to it for providing long-term residential care has always been and will continue to be used exclusively for the care of older people...

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: That is fair enough and the Minister should be given time to do that. However, Age Action Ireland stated it was inundated with distraught people. Only last week we extolled the virtue of a society that looks after elderly people and allows them to make a contribution. The Minister also stated, and I agree with him, that many people would go home from hospital rather than go into care if...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following matter of urgent public importance, namely, the decision by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to amalgamate Dundalk Port Company with the Dublin Port Company, the implications for the future of the port and whether this could include the development of the port as a social amenity.

Official Engagements (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron. [11454/11]

Official Engagements (24 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I commend the Taoiseach on the way he represented the people of this State and his Office during these visits, go háirithe i rith thórraimh Garret FitzGerald. Rinne an Taoiseach jab an-mhaith agus gabhaim comhghairdeas leis faoi sin. I wish to concentrate my remarks on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. We are calling on the British Government to allow access by an independent, international...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (19 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a nochtadh le clann Ghearóid Mhic Gearailt, le Pairtí Fhine Gael agus go háirithe leis an Taoiseach. Bhí ról mór ag an Uasal Mac Gearailt sa saol polaitíochta agus bhí sé dícheallach sa tseirbhís phoiblí le blianta fada. Nuair a chuala mé, go luath ar maidin inniu, go raibh sé tar éis bás a fháil bhí mé an-bhrónach. On behalf of Sinn Féin,...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (Resumed) (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom an rún seo a mholadh. I welcome Justice for the Forgotten and commend the group on its dedication and determination. I also commend Relatives for Justice and representatives of the Pat Finucane Centre who were in the Gallery last night. Tá sé ráite ag an grúpa Justice for the Forgotten gur thug cuairt Bhanríon Shasana seans órga do Rialtas Shasana a chomhaid ar fad a...

Written Answers — Joint Policing Committees: Joint Policing Committees (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that the joint policing committees become a greater facility for communities to interact with the Garda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11876/11]

Northern Ireland Issues (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider developing a comprehensive evidence-based all-Ireland crime prevention strategy under the auspices of the All-Ireland Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11873/11]

Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: We continue to pay ground rent to absentee English landlords. This includes ground rent on the National Library and on Government Buildings, where the Taoiseach will meet the English Queen and the British Prime Minister. What plans does the Government have to introduce legislation to end this practice?

Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I hope the Taoiseach will promise legislation.

Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Does the Taoiseach think it is acceptable that we should paying ground rent for Government Buildings?

Office of the Attorney General (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the form of reorganisation, if any, that has been undertaken in the office of the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11451/11]

Office of the Attorney General (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Caithfidh mé a rá go bhfuil freagra an Taoisigh ar an gceist seo an-soiléir. Tá mé fíor-buíoch as.

Office of the Attorney General (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: Bheadh mé níos sásta dá mbeadh sé an-soiléir ar a lán ábhair agus ceisteanna eile a chuirim air. Anyway, go raibh míle maith agat. The Taoiseach stated, as I understand it anyway, that the Government acts on the legal advice of the Attorney General. I know of no case where previous Governments, even where confidentiality is not required, has published that advice. Would the...

Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: My question is about the extent of the Taoiseach's co-ordinating role regarding the work of Departments. For example, particular issues affect children, including children with disabilities or learning difficulties. Issues also affect adults with disabilities, and huge issues, such as suicide, exist just below the surface. Such issues might cut across four, five, six or seven Departments...

Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I wish the Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, well in her responsibilities. She can be assured of co-operation from our party and she will know that Deputy Ó Caoláin has done some exemplary work on the issue of children's rights. On my question on the co-ordinating role - I accept entirely the examples the Taoiseach has given - it could be used across the whole range of governance, for...

Departmental Staff (18 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: I appeal to the leader of Fianna Fáil and the Taoiseach to leave the past behind.