I wish to address one of the unforeseen consequences of Covid-19 visiting our shores, which is the funding crisis for the restoration project of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. This is a national cathedral for the 400,000 strong members of the Church of Ireland. It is also an 800 year old national monument. Such is the cathedral's importance, its history and its place in Dublin and in Ireland that it attracts some 400,000 visitors to it and to its services annually. Managing that number of visitors would be a ch…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. There is quite a bit in the Minister of State's reply. I will try to deal with some of that. I acknowledge the built heritage projects mentioned in the response, but most of them are on a smaller scale. This, however, is a massive scale. It has the biggest scaffold for any roof project currently. The project will cost €9.1 million and will involve stripping away the whole roof. During the two years that the roof is missing, the timbers in the roof will be reworked and, if needs …

We will try to avoid repetition. At this rate, we will not reach a large number of amendments. I will call Deputies briefly before putting the amendment.

We are dealing with the amendments.

The Deputy should stick to the subject of the amendments.

There are enough Deputies here to continue the debate, as we have already noted. I call Deputy Martin Kenny.

We are dealing with amendments Nos. 1, 59 to 63, inclusive, 66 and 108.

Yes.

The Deputy asked me a question. It is the luxury or suffering of it that Deputies on Committee Stage are entitled to go back and forth once there is no repetition.

They are to speak to the amendment and to the section. I am sorry I do not have that. One more speaker has indicated. Then it is up to the Minister and the Minister of State. I have the intention of putting the amendment if there are no other speakers. Everyone in the Chamber who has indicated has spoken. The final speaker who has indicated in this round is Deputy Michael Collins.

Community safety is not just an empty concept. The Government has to look at it and invest in it. It needs to invest in community gardaí and I will come back to that. It needs to invest not only in youth services and community facilities but also in CCTV cameras and the courts. As Deputy Ó Broin said, this motion is not aimed at demonising young people, but there is a responsibility on many people, the youth included. The main responsibility, however, lies with the State to ensure that it properly invests in, helps…

Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom labhairt faoi cheist na hallaí pobail atá dúnta agus nach bhfuil aon ioncam acu in a lán bealaí. Níl aon chuma ar an scéal go bhfuil aon mhaoiniú ag teacht chun déanamh cinnte de go seasfaidh siad an fód agus chun déanamh cinnte de go bhfuil an t-árachas íoctha, go bhfuil íoctha as cúrsaí slándála agus go bhfuil siad in ann athchóirithe a dhéanamh. Bhí na hallaí seo ag brath go huile agus go hiomlán ar choláistí samhraidh in a lán bealaí. Impím ar an Rialtas beart a dhéanamh de réir na…

This Bill is important but it also illustrates how ridiculous the Government was during the early weeks of the Covid-19 crisis to rush through legislation that we must now amend relating to soldiers, and officers in particular, who wish to re-enlist. We were all told that it was happy days, and officers would re-enlist. We welcomed it then and still do, but it was rushed and for no reason, because it was never the panacea for the Defence Forces' problems, which the Government presented it to the public as. It was n…

It is a strange motion because it has left out ceann amháin de na coistí nach bhfuil ar an liosta agus a mbíonn ag déileáil le reachtaíocht. Níl an coiste um Ghaeilge ar an liosta. Is ait go bhfuil sé fágtha ar lár agus an rún seo ár gcomhair. Níl aon leithscéal ná míniú air sin tugtha. An míneoidh an Príomh-Aoire é sin dúinn agus don phobal i gcoitinne?

Tuigim é sin ach is ait gurb é an coiste sin an t-aon choiste reachtaíochta amháin nach bhfuil ar an liosta sin. Is céim síos don Ghaeilge é nach bhfuil sé ann. Bhí dhá mhí ag an gcóras teacht suas le téarmaí tagartha don choiste. Nílim ag cur i gcoinne an rúin toisc nach bhfuil mé i gcoinne na gcoistí a bheith bunaithe; is ait an rud é nach bhfuil an coiste sin san áireamh. Is ceist é a d'ardaigh iriseoirí agus iad atá ag plé leis an nGaeilge liom. An bhfuil sé á chur ar leataobh? Táim ag iarraidh commitment ón Ri…

Deputy Danny Healy-Rae may ask a brief supplementary question.

This question concerns the need for a special school in the Dublin 12 area. An appropriate school has been identified for several years. There has been communication with parents, a patron, the owners of the school, the Department and the National Council for Special Education, but there does not seem to have been any progress to date.

I thank the Minister. It is good to see a little bit of progress given the fact that this has been ongoing for several years. I cannot see how Scoil Colm could be inappropriate. There is a campus of educational facilities in the vicinity. Many of the parents are frustrated by the need to leave one child at the school and bring their other child home because places are not available. The Minister has already identified the huge number of students in south Dublin who do not have places in schools. Students' places ha…

There has been cross-party support for this. My colleagues from the constituency also wish to ask a supplementary question.

By arrangement of the Ceann Comhairle I call an Teachta Verona Murphy.