Bogfaimid ar aghaidh go dtí gnáthcheisteanna eile. Tá an chéad cheann eile in ainm An Teachta Ó Muimhneacháin. Tá sí grúpáilte le dhá cheann eile, ceist Uimh. 63, in ainm An Teachta Ó Cathasaigh agus ceist Uimh. 78, in ainm An Teachta Dillon. Tá 30 soicind ag An Teachta Ó Muimhneacháin.

Bogfaimid ar aghaidh go dtí an chéad cheist eile a bhfuil an Teachta anseo. That is Question No. 65.

I do not know which genius thought this one up but this is the last thing that anyone who knows anything about the drugs task forces, the national drugs strategy and community involvement in drugs services would dream up. Communities have been central to the partnership and the framework of trying to tackle the problem within them. They are the experts in many ways. It is a pity that Departments, Ministers and so on sometimes dream up changes to things that are working. If it is not broken, do not fix it, especiall…

I welcome the Minister of State's clarification. I hope that it will stand the test of time and that, as he presented it, this was a miscommunication. I know the Minister of State’s track record on the drugs issue. I accept that he personally might not want to go ahead with this but there has been tension all along between communities, community groups and some in the Department and the HSE. I urge the Minister of State to be cautious in that regard.

We are back here again trying to address this issue, which is a pity. If the Government had listened not just to what we were saying but what the market was saying, it would not be bringing in this legislation, at this stage, to cap rent increases at 2%. If the Minister had listened to what we said, he would be aware of what the increases in the past were doing and that no increases should be allowed while we are in a housing emergency that is continuing. In fact, it is getting worse, so much so that houses that we…

Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta. Nice haircut. I call Deputy Duncan Smith.

Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta.

You cannot return to something that was not here.

Tá sé tábhachtach go bhfuil an deis againn labhairt ar an mBille seo. Níl a fhios agam cén fáth go bhfuilimid ag glacadh roinnt den Bhille ag an staid seo mar níl deifir ag baint leis. D’fhéadfadh muid déileáil leis san athbhliain nuair a bheidh an Dáil ar ais agus nuair nach mbeadh an brú céanna orainn mar ní chríochnaíonn roinnt de na srianta go Feabhra nó Márta 2022. Tuigim an deifir ó thaobh roinnt den reachtaíocht ach ní thuigim é don mhéid iomlán. Tá an Rialtas ag triail gach rud a chur isteach i ngné amháin.…

Ní raibh mé ag súil le bheith istigh chomh luath seo tar éis an oíche aréir. Tá mé beagáinín scattered sa mhéid atá le rá agam. My colleague indicated we would be supporting the Bill but we have tabled a number of amendments. They are similar to amendments we have tabled in other instances where this type of emergency measure was brought in. I am in the Dáil long enough to understand how the Dáil works and how it should work. When we are bringing in measures that impact on people's rights there has to be some sort …

In 2014, I told the then Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, that her JobPath scheme was the stuff of nightmares for the unemployed. After €300 million has been spent to achieve a success rate of just 6%, I have been proven correct. I also said the same about her other madcap scheme, JobBridge. I was also right when I highlighted at the time the concerns among the local employment services and jobs clubs that they could face extinction as the type of privatisation that underlay JobPath would likely expand …

Useless.

Baineann an cheist seo leis an athrú atá tarlaithe agus atá déanta ag an Aire maidir leis an scrúdú béil Gaeilge sa Gharda Síochána nuair a ardaítear duine ó leibhéal ghnáthgharda go dtí leibhéal sáirsint agus cén fáth gur tharla an t-athrú sin?

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an freagra sin. Fuair mé an freagra tar éis dom an cheist a chur isteach ach ní dhéileálann an freagra leis an gceist i gceart. Is í an cheist atá curtha ar an Aire ná sula ndearna sí an t-ordú a shíniú, ar labhair sí leis an Aire Stáit le freagracht i leith cúrsaí Ghaeilge agus Gaeltachta nó ar labhair sí leis an gCoimisinéir Teanga mar is ait go raibh Coimisinéir an Gharda Síochána os comhair Chomhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge agus níor luaigh …

Go gasta, beidh sé níos dúshlánaí anois na seirbhísí cuí agus bunreachtúla a thabhairt do phobal na Gaeilge, agus go háirithe do phobal na Gaeltachta, má tá an t-athrú seo ann agus má tá níos lú sáirsintí gan Ghaeilge amach anseo.

The Taoiseach's party included.

It is not wrong if it is not appropriate housing.

There is enough land zoned for housing in this country, and appropriate housing at that.

The lack of engagement and the disregard for the harm being inflicted on workers and businesses has left large sections of the culture and entertainment industries unable to maintain confidence in the Minister or this Government. They feel like guinea pigs being slapped in the face. This is a sector of Irish society which, despite all of the talk about engagement with stakeholders, was blindsided by the reintroduction of restrictions last week. In addition, the public health messaging telling people not to socialis…

The reason I raise this issue is that the workers in placement and the staff in this very successful service located in my neighbourhood of Bluebell, but covering all of Dublin west, have been told that the service is to close at the end of the year. Those who have a physical or mental disability and who were returning to the workplace or beginning work for the first time have been able to engage with EmployAbility in west Dublin and be supported in advance of a job being found for them. The supporting specialists …