We are out of time but I can allow a quick contribution.

I hesitate to go down the route of this question but it must be asked. I seek to ascertain the progress to date and intentions with regard to restoration of cuts made under the FEMPI legislation given that vast swathes of public servants, including doctors, nurses and many others at the coalface whom we aspire to support, had to take severe cuts during the economic recession.

I thank the Minister for his reply. Given the pivotal nature of the services provided by public servants generally, during the current Covid crisis and during the previous crisis, does the Minister remain satisfied that it will be possible to proceed along the lines anticipated heretofore into 2021 and 2022 without interruption, having particular regard to the disquiet among some in the public sector and what they see as the unfairness of the cuts which were, understandably, imposed upon them?

The Minister obviously remains satisfied in the ability of the Exchequer to deal with the situations outstanding, particularly those situations in which it was felt there was an unfairness regarding the way cuts were distributed in that they impacted more upon one sector than another. The reply the Minister has given correctly states that those earning up to €70,000 will have had their pay restored but, in the meantime, they would possibly have reached a higher bracket if they had not had these severe cuts imposed.…

Deputy Boyd Barrett may speak for himself.

I should mention that there was a slight mistake, as that should have been a Government slot, so I will have to backtrack. To add to the confusion, the next slot is to be shared by Deputies Cahill and Jim O'Callaghan, unless they have made a different arrangement. That creates a problem because Deputy Cahill is due to share another slot with Deputy O'Dowd. Another Member may wish to come in for that slot. We will proceed with Deputies O'Callaghan and Cahill. Who wishes to go first?

The Deputies have 13 minutes between them.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss whether an update to the identification model for DEIS qualification has been carried out; (2) Deputies Darren O'Rourke, Violet-Anne Wynne and David Cullinane - to discuss compassionate visitation grounds in the context of the health plan for living with Covid-19; (3) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - to discuss the need…

I now call on Deputy Fitzpatrick, who is sharing with Deputy Tóibín.

Next are Deputies O'Dowd and McAuliffe, who are sharing 13 minutes.

There has been an improvement in the processing times. There were differences in the times taken to process claims. Will the Minister bear in mind the fact that it does not always apply that a payment will issue to a person while waiting? There are some circumstances where long delays take place. Due to the hardship this causes, I would be grateful if that were looked at again.

This question is self-explanatory. It seeks to identify the extent of the progress towards emission-reduction targets in line with EU and global targets without damaging the agrifood sector.

I thank the Minister for his reply. Will he indicate whether he intends to review progress towards these targets regularly? One of the mistakes we have often made in trying to meet targets has been the reluctance, inability or lack of opportunity to review progress regularly. That was often not done even on a biannual basis.

We must remember that the Irish agrifood sector feeds almost 42 million people, something no other agrifood-producing country in the world is capable of doing in proportional terms. I ask that special attention be given to the amount of food produced by the agrifood sector in this country and the contribution it makes to feeding other nations as well as our own. That must be borne in mind with a view to ensuring the industry is not impeded while, at the same time, seeking to achieve our targets for emissions reduct…

We are way over time. Question No. 70 is in the name of Deputy Catherine Connolly.

As just a minute and a half remains, I will take a written reply to Question No. 78 and perhaps Deputy Ó Murchú might forego his introduction to Question No. 79.

The Deputy will get a very extensive written reply I have no doubt.

The Ceann Comhairle has given permission to Deputy Cairns to ask this question.

The Standing Business Committee has completed its consideration under Standing Order 30 of the request by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to waive the requirement for pre-legislative scrutiny under Standing Order 173 on the general scheme and the draft heads of the agriculture appeals (amendment) Bill 2020 and has agreed thereto. The Standing Business Committee has completed its consideration under Standing Order 30 of the request by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to waive the require…

We have a bumper edition of Topical Issues matters, I understand. The first is in the name of Deputy Darren O'Rourke. Is that right?