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Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: Will the Taoiseach tell us whether he raised this issue with the President of Croatia?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the Republic of Croatia, Ms Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, on 4 April 2017. [18228/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach knows better than I do that Croatia is the EU's most recent member state. The Taoiseach said he discussed the British position and that of the Government about the consequences of Brexit. 4 o’clock Did the Taoiseach ask the Croatian President if she would support special status for the North? The Taoiseach said that all of the Government's priorities are contained...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Regional and Rural Affairs last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [18226/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: It is quite a long time ago, 12 December 2016.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach will know that the lack of quality infrastructure, including roads and broadband, is the biggest impediment facing people in rural Ireland. It is hampering growth and economic prosperity. If people are unable to access links or communications easily they cannot live and do business in rural Ireland and rural areas cannot grow. The Taoiseach has described the urbanisation...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [20717/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: When did it last met?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The Taoiseach will be aware that this morning, daft.iepublished its latest rent price report and the details are alarming. Average rents have soared to a new record high. Rents across the State increased by 13% in the past 12 months. Supply remains at an all-time low. There are only 3,084 properties available to rent across the entire Twenty-six Counties. The introduction of rent...

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The programme for Government commits to holding a number of constitutional referendums, including one on Article 40.6.1 on the offence of blasphemy. This arises from the good work of the Constitutional Convention. The Taoiseach will recall that an English actor, Stephen Fry, gave an interview to Gay Byrne on the issue of faith and God and, as a result of a single complaint, we had the...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: The big problem for many people is that no one in the upper echelons of this State is ever held to account. I know that politicians might get their comeuppance at an election if that is the will of the electorate. However, the big issue is the lack of accountability on the part of bankers, financiers, developers, senior public officials and policymakers. People are asking who is held to...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: I understand that documentation has been given to the Committee of Public Accounts by Mr. John Barrett which completely contradicts and undermines the account given by Commissioner O'Sullivan last Thursday about her conversations with Mr. Barrett over financial irregularities in Templemore. This latest development today comes after contradictory statements from Commissioner O'Sullivan and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security Committee (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the National Security Committee that have taken place in the past 12 months. [18227/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the mechanism for applying for the CAS scheme; the total amount available in 2017 under this scheme; and the available sum for County Kildare for 2017. [21815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Kildare County Council has applied under the CAS scheme in 2017. [21816/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Data (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of State maternity benefit payments; the average waiting time for an initial decision to be made on an application; and the average waiting times experienced from the initial decision to payment commencing. [21421/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Data (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been deemed successful in their application for State maternity benefit who are still currently awaiting an initial payment; the length of time these persons have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Data (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on media reports of a backlog in payment and application for State maternity benefit payment; the extent of the backlog; his plans to address this matter; and when the backlog will be cleared. [21423/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for each social welfare payment from January 2017 to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of persons awaiting a decision in respect of each payment; the average waiting time for an initial decision to be made in respect of each payment; the actual waiting times experienced by persons in respect of each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 449. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to consider expanding the current BowelScreen programme to persons within the 55 to 74 years of age cohort; the estimated cost involved in extending same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21801/17]