Yes, that is the idea.

The recently published NCSE policy document, which is called An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society, details research done to try to move the country towards a more inclusive education system in the future, where all children with mild general learning disabilities, MGLD, and other disabilities will be catered for in their own local school and only children with the most complex needs will attend special schools. This is a laudable notion. The document cites countries in which this has worked, such as Cana…

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It absolutely is true.

It is true.

I am proud to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate on behalf of the Labour Party. Robert Schuman, a Luxembourger by birth and a German by heritage, spent his life contributing to French politics. Like many of his generation, the experience of two world wars that devastated the Continent drove his determination to forge a Europe bound by trust, respect and peace rather than hatred and division. From his initial vision, successive generations have built a European Union which, while far from perfect, has…

On behalf of the Labour Party, we want to show solidarity with the Minister of Justice and with her family, after the difficulties she went through last week, and indeed, with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. This is the inevitable consequence of people in political life and people with influence not tempering their language and making their case or arguments in a more restrained manner. Over the recent time, it is quite clear that there is an impression that the Government is making this up as it goes along. At the …

The Tánaiste does not agree with the Taoiseach.

Has he tried asking the Tánaiste?

The Tánaiste does not agree with the Taoiseach.

The Tánaiste does not agree with you.

I apologise; I may need to leave the Chamber as the Joint Committee on Justice is sitting at the same time. The Bill has two main purposes: to enable the provision of certain health and educational supports to survivors of abuse in residential institutions; and to dissolve the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, commonly known as Caranua. The Bill provides for the amendment of the Nursing Home Support Scheme Act 2009 to ensure awards previously made under the residential institutions redress scheme are d…

I move amendment No. 9: In page 21, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(6) For the avoidance of doubt, this Act applies to gambling activities carried on by, or on the premises of, a private members’ club in like manner as it applies to such activities carried on by, or on the premises of, any other natural or legal person or unincorporated body of persons.”. I will speak to amendments Nos. 9 and 10, which are in my name. There is an important history to amendment No. 9 and an important question abo…

I thank the Minister of State.

I move amendment No. 10: In page 21, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “ Non-application of Act 3 . This Act does not apply to gambling activities carried on, by or on behalf of an organisation that is a registered charitable organisation under the Charities Act 2009.”.

I move amendment No. 15: In page 23, line 22, after "1956" to insert, "other than section 36". I am used to clearing rooms when I start talking. The practice in this country for hundreds of years has been that gambling debts are not enforceable in a court of law. This means that a bookie cannot force a person to pay a gambling debt, nor can a person force a bookie to pay out on a bet. It acknowledges that gambling is not just a normal financial transaction. The Government has supplied absolutely no reason to change…

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Well, after half an hour, I am delighted to hear what he has to say about my actual proposal.

I will not take it personally.

I do not wish to stifle the debate, and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was not present for the past little while, but there is a practice whereby we speak to the amendment. I tabled this amendment in good faith and waited for the Minister of State to address it in good faith, yet the debate went elsewhere about other issues, albeit valid ones. On that basis, I am happy to withdraw the amendment.