Parliamentary questions

Revenue Commissioners Investigations

Gerry Adams

215. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth who regularly imports goods through Dublin Port, was selected for a random stripping examination by Revenue and Customs on 14 June 2014, was charged €650 plus VAT for the examination of their container by a shipping group on the instruction and under the supervision of the Revenue and Customs; the procedures in place by the Revenue and Customs for conducting stripping examinations; the reasons Revenue and Customs and their agents have started to charge to conduct these examinations; the method used to determine or calculate fees and/or charges prior to stripping examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29827/14]

Ash Dieback Threat

Gerry Adams

603. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to help nurseries that have been affected by ash dieback; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many of these nurseries find themselves in huge financial difficulty and in some instances jobs have been lost as a result of ash die back; his plans to provide any compensation to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29794/14]

HSE Expenditure

Gerry Adams

684. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the tendering process relating to the Health Service Executive taxi service for the Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan areas; how often the contract is put out to tender; when was it last put out to tender; how often is value for money assessed; have the allocations of cost per kilometre been reassessed in the past number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29111/14]

Local Drugs Task Forces

Gerry Adams

769. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the service that the North East Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Force has put in place to replace which was being provided by the Ana Liffey Drug Project; if the new service provides more or less hours of coverage than had been provided by the Ana Liffey Drug Project before funding for its service was withdrawn in 2013; if it provides the same range of equipment that was provided by the Ana Liffey Drug Project’s service; if it is cheaper or more expensive per hour of coverage than was the Ana Liffey Drug Project’s service; the rationale for discontinuing the needle and syringe programme service which had been provided by Ana Liffey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29754/14]

Drug Treatment Programmes Policy

Gerry Adams

770. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will refocus spending in the area of drug policy on public health interventions in view of the need for comprehensive needle and syringe programme coverage, and the fact that the pharmacy needle exchange programme does not meet the needs of all who require needle and syringe programme services; the way he will increase needle and syringe programme services coverage here; if he will introduce medically supervised injecting centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29755/14]

Hospital Consultants Contract

Gerry Adams

780. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 15 April 2014, the number of private patients seen by each of the consultants in each of the past five years; the type of contract each consultant is on and their individual speciality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29826/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet committee on economic infrastructure that have been held in the past three months. [8950/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with church leaders. [8951/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht last met. [8953/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht will next meet. [8954/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Irish and Gaeltacht Cabinet committee that have taken place since Christmas. [12763/14]

Blood Donations

Gerry Adams

558. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if there is a restriction on citizens from Northern Ireland being able to donate blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/14]

Blood Donations

Gerry Adams

559. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if this restriction on citizens from Northern Ireland being able to donate blood is based in law or in policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28392/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Gerry Adams

577. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will review the definition of anaphylaxis and include it under the long-term illness scheme, as is the case with diabetes, haemophilia, epilepsy and other diseases and medical conditions. [28472/14]

Health Promotion

Gerry Adams

578. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of a State-wide education programme to alert teachers, health care professionals, citizens and parents about the dangers of anaphylaxis. [28473/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Gerry Adams

579. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing emergency legislation either by ministerial order or statutory instrument that will allow a potentially life-saving anaphylaxis pilot initiative, the first responder anaphylaxis autoinjector programme at UCC, to go ahead. [28474/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Gerry Adams

580. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will look again at introducing a scheme to make epi-pens available in schools, workplaces and other public places, similar to the provision of defibrillators; and if he will introduce a scheme to train volunteers as first responders. [28475/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Gerry Adams

581. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the outcome of his examination of the possibility of amending the prescription and control of supply regulations to facilitate the wider availability of adrenaline pens without a prescription in emergency situations. [28476/14]

Hospital Consultants Contract

Gerry Adams

194. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 15 April 2014, when a response will issue. [27608/14]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Gerry Adams

129. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 641, when a determination will be made in respect of the foreshore licence application from Louth County Council relating to the proposed maintenance dredging at Annagassan Harbour; if he will consider compensation for the fishermen concerned including the repayment of harbour dues that have been paid even though the fishermen have not had use of the harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27581/14]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub-committee on social policy has met since Christmas. [8949/14]

School Transport Administration

Gerry Adams

183. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills how the tendering system introduced by Bus Éireann for its school routes works; if there has been any consultation with smaller bus operators regarding this system; the measures in place to ensure all bus routes are divided equally among bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26624/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Gerry Adams

187. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a centre (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the lease on the premises will be renewed at the end of July; if new admissions have been accepted for September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26628/14]

School Staffing

Gerry Adams

189. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school secretaries in DEIS schools are recognised by his Department and paid directly by it, whereas school secretaries in other schools are not; his plans to change this to ensure that all school secretaries are treated and paid equally; his plans to give the same equality and structure in the workplace to school secretaries as has been given to special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26652/14]

Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations

Gerry Adams

354. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement the findings and recommendations of the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26658/14]

Planning Issues

Gerry Adams

355. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a commission of investigation or public inquiry regarding planning corruption allegations received by his Department. [26659/14]

Consultancy Contracts

Gerry Adams

356. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 30 April 2014, the basis of the appointment of MacCabe Durney Barnes consultants; and if there was an invitation to public tender for this contract. [26665/14]

Planning Issues

Gerry Adams

357. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he did not use the successful bidders for the independent review contract that were to have been appointed, as identified in January 2011. [26666/14]

Planning Issues

Gerry Adams

358. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contents of the sectoral policy division briefing he received with respect to the dossier of allegations of planning irregularities; the results of the internal review conducted by Department officials at that time; and the independent review process he initiated as a result. [26668/14]

Planning Issues

Gerry Adams

359. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the 12 actions identified in the original report furnished to him have been carried out. [26669/14]

Planning Issues

Gerry Adams

360. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the independent assessment he has commissioned will consider and investigate instances of alleged conflict of interest on the part of local authority officials or others. [26670/14]

Planning Issues

Gerry Adams

361. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the consultants appointed have contacted a person (details supplied). [26671/14]

Consultancy Contracts

Gerry Adams

362. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the results of the report he has commissioned will be published. [26672/14]

Planning Issues

Gerry Adams

363. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to correct the public record regarding the whistleblower (details supplied). [26673/14]

Crime Data

Gerry Adams

487. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries that have been reported in County Louth in the past three years; the average Garda response times for call outs in County Louth; the number of arrests and successful convictions in relation to these burglaries in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27270/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Gerry Adams

49. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on tests that have been carried out on the walls of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [26312/14]

Pyrite Incidence

Gerry Adams

115. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the pyrite problem that has emerged in the construction of 25 homes at Moneymore, Drogheda, County Louth. [26308/14]

Pyrite Incidence

Gerry Adams

116. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to ensure the problem of pyrite that has emerged in this instance is not repeated in other housing developments. [26309/14]

Pyrite Incidence

Gerry Adams

117. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions his Department has had with the North and East Housing Association Ltd. in respect of the pyrite discovered in houses it is constructing at Moneymore, Drogheda, County Louth. [26310/14]

Pyrite Incidence

Gerry Adams

118. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department will take to ensure that the 25 new homes in the Moneymore, Drogheda, County Louth area are completed and available to citizens on the council housing list. [26311/14]

Pyrite Incidence

Gerry Adams

119. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is aware of any other new developments about which there is concern at the possible presence of pyrite. [26313/14]

Pyrite Incidence

Gerry Adams

120. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in respect of the discovery of pyrite and the planned demolition of newly constructed homes at the North and East Housing Association Ltd. development in Moneymore, Drogheda, any on-site inspections were carried out over the course of construction by planning control inspectors and-or engineers; under building regulations, if any inspections or tests are carried out regarding quality of building supplies-suppliers; and if there will be a cost to the public purse. [26314/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

173. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if St Vincent's Hospital Dublin has suspended life-saving gastric bypass operations for dangerously obese public patients; the exact number of patients who are on the waiting list for this surgery; the number of patients on the outpatient list to see a specialist; the reasons this surgery has been suspended; the way he plans to deal with the patients waiting for surgery and outpatients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26191/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the meeting of the OECD in Paris on 6 February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8930/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will detail his conversations with OECD members at the Paris meeting in February on the issue of our corporate tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8931/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the conversations he had with other leaders at the OECD meeting in February regarding tax optimisation by multinationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8932/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any bilateral meetings he held at the OECD meeting in Paris. [8933/14]

Passport Applications

Gerry Adams

129. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason passport applications can no longer be witnessed by dentists who are not relatives; when this was changed; if he will reconsider reintroducing that profession as a criteria of persons who are able to witness passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/14]

Vehicle Registration

Gerry Adams

139. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the reason cars that have been imported from the North have an extra digit put on the car number plate when it is re-registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/14]

Public Sector Staff Sick Leave

Gerry Adams

276. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason stress is no longer classified as a critical illness for future sick pay arrangements for most persons but is still classified as a critical illness for sick pay arrangements for Deputies and the Judiciary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25674/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

9. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he met members of the Irish-American community during his visit to the United States in March 2014. [8934/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the matters on the agenda of his meetings with political leaders in Washington in March 2014. [8935/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

11. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if the issue of the undocumented Irish and US immigration legislation, as it affects Irish citizens, was on the agenda of his talks with US political leaders during his visit in March 2014. [8936/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

12. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he met any of the undocumented Irish groups when he visited the United States in March 2014. [8937/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

13. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he met business leaders in the United States during his visit in March 2014. [8938/14]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

14. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the Pat Finucane case with the US Administration during his recent St. Patrick's Day visit. [8947/14]

Office of the Ombudsman Remit

Gerry Adams

265. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider including the Irish Tax Institute under the remit of the Ombudsman; if he will consider appointing an independent regulatory body to deal with complaints made by citizens against the Irish Tax Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24176/14]

Primary Care Services Provision

Gerry Adams

513. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the costs associated with invasive ventilation for persons who suffer from motor neurone disease; the number of persons who have been provided with this invasive ventilation in 2011, 2012, 2013, and to date in 2014; the criteria to avail of invasive ventilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24404/14]

Youth Services Provision

Gerry Adams

130. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is any central Government funding available to newly-established not-for-profit organisations who provide care services to young adults who were in the care of the State as children but, on reaching the age of 18, find themselves with little support, social exclusion and, more crucially, no homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23989/14]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Gerry Adams

62. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a student (details supplied) in County Louth has been refused a student grant on the basis that their stepfather, who is on disability allowance, is not their legal guardian and therefore that income cannot be considered in the context of the assessment of income; if he finds this to be a discriminative decision for this student and all other students who apply for a student grant but are turned down on the basis that their father or mother may not be their biological parent; if he will reconsider the decision not to grant this person a student grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23869/14]

Home Care Packages

Gerry Adams

189. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case where the Health Service Executive promised a person (details supplied) in County Louth that a home care package of 76 hours per week would be in place and provided to them by agency nursing staff when discharged from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital on 14 May 2014; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that since returning home this person has not received the home care package that was agreed and has only received, at best, 20 hours care per week; his views that this is acceptable; if he will rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23759/14]

Home Care Packages

Gerry Adams

197. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Louth and Meath in receipt of home care packages; the percentage of the Health Service Executive funded home care packages provided by private companies; if he will provide a breakdown of expenditure on home care packages for 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/14]

Home Care Packages

Gerry Adams

198. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the approved providers for home care packages in counties Louth and Meath; the way these providers are selected; the way home care services are regulated; if he will address the need for stricter regulations, standards and auditing of home help services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23818/14]

Home Care Packages

Gerry Adams

199. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether recent changes have taken place with regard to home care package service providers in Drogheda, County Louth; the reason service providers have been changed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the change in service providers has left those who depend on these services feeling vulnerable, confused and distraught owing to a lack of communication from the Health Service Executive regarding such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23819/14]

Animal Welfare

Gerry Adams

97. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horse pounds that are in operation here; the number of horses that were impounded in each county in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23435/14]

Animal Welfare Bodies

Gerry Adams

98. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that horse rescue organisations are struggling to continue with their work due to the fee they are charged to rescue horses from pounds; if he will reconsider the rescinding of the re-homing fees they are being forced to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23436/14]

Animal Welfare Expenditure

Gerry Adams

99. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that is provided for the animal welfare helpline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23437/14]

Adult Education

Gerry Adams

237. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision was made to close the community training centre, Mullaghcrone, Drogheda, County Louth; the reason that the decision was taken to close this service that caters for 48 service users at present; if any consultation took place between his Department and the experienced staff at the centre; the date on which the centre is scheduled to close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22543/14]

Adult Education

Gerry Adams

238. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Louth and Meath Education and Training Board was consulted as part of the decision to terminate services at the community training centre, Mullaghcrone, Drogheda, County Louth; if Louth and Meath Education and Training Board was identified as the replacement for the current services at Drogheda; the date on which this consultation took place; if the current community training centre was part of the consultation at this stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/14]

Adult Education

Gerry Adams

239. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision made to close the community training centre, Drogheda, County Louth noting that the centre has been in operation for 30 years and provides an invaluable service to 48 persons between the ages of 16 and 21 years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22545/14]

Hospital Equipment

Gerry Adams

843. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, that are availing of insulin pump therapy; the number of staff trained to use the insulin pumps in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; his plans to increase the number of staff to carry out this treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22826/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Gerry Adams

845. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the funding supplied for a school (details supplied) in 2012, 2013 and 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of the moneys that are directed towards physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy in the school in 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22835/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions with the Ballymurphy massacre families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8939/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has raised with the British Prime Minister the proposal by the Ballymurphy massacre families for an independent panel to examine all of the documents relating to the context, circumstances and aftermath of the deaths of their loved ones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8940/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach his plans to visit Northern Ireland in the near future. [8943/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

9. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when he plans to hold the next debate on Northern Ireland in Dáil Éireann. [8944/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the Pat Finucane case with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron. [8946/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

14. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the need for an inquiry into the Pat Finucane case when he met the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, during the EU leaders' meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12758/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

15. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the need for an inquiry into the Ballymurphy massacre with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, when he met him during the EU leaders' meeting on the Russia-Ukraine crisis in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12759/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

20. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting in London with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13459/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

21. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the Haass proposals during his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13460/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

22. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the Ballymurphy massacre case with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, during his meeting in London; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13461/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

23. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the Pat Finucane case with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron during his recent to London; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13462/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

24. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the refusal of the British Government to provide information on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings during his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13463/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

25. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he discussed with the British Prime Minister the failure to implement all outstanding aspects of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13464/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

30. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he held a bilateral meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, during the state visit by President Michael D. Higgins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19918/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

31. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he discussed with the British Prime Minister those outstanding issues arising from the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements which have not been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19919/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

32. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the response of the Unionist parties in Northern Ireland to the Haass proposals with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, during the state visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19920/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Gerry Adams

33. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he discussed with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, the possibility of joint future trade missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19922/14]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Gerry Adams

340. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing a reduced weekly deduction regarding social welfare overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, noting that the imposed weekly deduction of €28.20 is causing financial hardship on a person of limited means; also taking into consideration the fact that Money Advice and Budgeting Service have advocated on behalf of this person yet an offer of a reduced deduction was refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20916/14]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Gerry Adams

341. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a reduction in the imposed €28.20 being deducted with regard to recovery of social welfare overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, noting that the deduction imposed is causing undue financial hardship, and hampering this persons ability to meet their ongoing financial commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20917/14]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Gerry Adams

342. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a reduction in the imposed €28.20 being deducted with regard to recovery of social welfare overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, noting that the deduction imposed is causing undue financial hardship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20918/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Gerry Adams

637. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if there are any alternative supports available to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21398/14]

Emigrant Support Services

Gerry Adams

37. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, the difficulties faced by this and by previous generations of Irish citizens who emigrated to Britain. [19921/14]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

38. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the visit to Rome by An Taoiseach and his conversation with Pope Francis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19962/14]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

39. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issue of visiting Northern Ireland during any visit to the island of Ireland was raised with Pope Francis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19963/14]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

40. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the possibility of a visit by Pope Francis was raised with Catholic Primate, Cardinal Brady, during the Taoiseach's visit to Rome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19964/14]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

41. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the possibility of Pope Francis visiting Northern Ireland was raised when the Taoiseach spoke to Cardinal Brady in Rome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19965/14]

World Economic Forum

Gerry Adams

10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the meetings he had at Davos. [8928/14]

World Economic Forum

Gerry Adams

11. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he met President Barroso at Davos, the topics they discussed and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8929/14]