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European Council Meetings (29 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Maith go leor a Cheann Comhairle. Go raibh maith agat arís. Why did the Taoiseach not argue, as he did here, that it was grossly unfair to expect Ireland to fork out 100%?

European Council Meetings (29 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: There will be an interest rate reduction. I said that last week. The reality is that the Taoiseach has accepted the IMF-EU deal. He has also accepted the austerity measures that go with it. This includes the very oppressive universal social charge. He also agreed to a pact for the euro at the summit, but did not think to bring it back here to allow the people of this State to decide it...

European Council Meetings (29 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Taoiseach, you say a break. We are broke. You need to tell the European Union that.

Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the total cost to his Department of the Moriarty Tribunal. [5739/11]

Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Seo an chéad uair ar thug an Taoiseach freagra díreach ar cheist faoi Moriarty. Comhghairdeas leis, tá sin go hiontach.

Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: It is great to have some clarity on a question to the Taoiseach about the Moriarty tribunal. If I am correct, €41.96 million has been spent on the tribunal over 14 years. This is a scandal. Recently there was a dispute and much controversy about the cost of the Saville inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday in Derry. The legal team at the Moriarty tribunal was paid over twice the...

Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: That will become clear later.

Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for that answer. I hope he will be just as clear when following the other money trails later when we are debating the Moriarty tribunal report.

Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Would it not have been cheaper to go to the Garda Síochána on this matter?

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (24 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant departmental recognition to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5513/11]

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for completion of the solvency stress tests of the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5393/11]

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the medium-term, affordable, official financing that will be made available to the banks as per the programme for Government; the source of this funding; the cost at which this funding will come; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5394/11]

Tax Code (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin does not accept that there must be a review, although we may have to deal with it as a de facto consequence of Government policy. The universal social charge is an oppressive tax which the Minister stated he inherited from another Government. Does he agree it is bad economics to cut the incomes of people who cannot afford not to spend the money they have? By taking money from...

Northern Ireland Issues (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: I do not believe it is satisfactory that these five questions are being taken together. Each of them deals with a very serious-----

Northern Ireland Issues (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Tuigim sin. However, it is a matter for me to express my opinion without interruption. These are extremely serious issues in respect of which there have been many developments. I also met Senator Pat Leahy during my visit to Washington, particularly as funding from the IFI is of importance to Border counties in this State, including Louth, which I represent. I am unsure of the nature of...

Northern Ireland Issues (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Tá sin go maith.

Northern Ireland Issues (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: I wish to deal with the fact that the British-Irish Agreement remains to be fully implemented. For understandable reasons, the Government's focus has been on dealing with the economic recession. However, many matters have to a large degree been placed on hold. There should be a North-South consultative forum, which has not been established, and the bill of rights has not been introduced....

Legislative Programme (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the 31st Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5316/11]

Legislative Programme (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: May I say in passing, there is no reason that a Bill of rights should be confined to the Six Counties. We need a Bill of rights for the whole island. With regard to the legislative priorities, yesterday the Taoiseach said he intended to establish a constitutional convention. How will that be made up and what legislation is required for it? We have a firm view that it should be on an...

Legislative Programme (23 Mar 2011)

Gerry Adams: I want to press the Taoiseach in as positive a way as possible on the convention. People from the North make up one quarter of the population on the island of Ireland. Therefore, they should have one quarter of the representatives. I ask the Taoiseach to consider this. Will the Diaspora be invited to be part of the convention? We are talking about an opportunity to do many good things,...