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No, Deputy. Resume your seat.

No. Resume your seat. This is not helpful, especially given the context of your saying the debate should be free and should flow. This is not helpful. I am going to resume this. The Deputy has asked the Tánaiste to withdraw a comment. He said he will not do that. I am asking you now, Deputy, to resume in relation to this question because we are almost out of time.

Deputy Murphy, there is one Chair. Thank you.

As Chair, I have to ask the Tánaiste to reflect on the use of the phrase "putting the jackboot in". It is unparliamentary language. I do not think it is acceptable.

I am making a ruling now in relation to this matter. I have given great discretion in relation to robust debates. I would ask you to reflect on accusing Members of putting the jackboot in. I would ask you to withdraw it. That is all I would ask you to do, on reflection.

We will not add to it.

We are not having a debate on it, Tánaiste.

We are not going on to that.

We are having the words withdrawn. Thank you for your co-operation.

Faraor, tá orm an t-ionad lae atá fós dúnta i gcroílár na Gaeltachta sa Cheathrú Rua a ardú arís. Tá sé ardaithe go mion minic agam ach, faraor, níl aon rud athraithe ach amháin go bhfuil na critéir atá leagtha síos ag Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte i bhfad níos deacra anois. Tá sí ag rá nach bhfuil aon éileamh ann. Unfortunately, I have to once again talk about the closed day centre in Carraroe. It remains closed, three years on from the onset of Covid. I have almost a library of responses. They change by the…

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The Deputy welcomed his visitors, who are retired nurses. Most of them are women. I have never known women to retire. They work endlessly.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputies Darren O'Rourke and Johnny Guirke - to discuss the imminent risk of job losses at (details supplied). Deputy Paul Murphy - to discuss apartment and duplex defects. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - to discuss the allocation of funding to schools with a large intake of students from refugees or asylum-seeking families post September. Deputy Marc MacSharr…

Baineann mo cheist leis na hoird rialta agus go háirithe leis na cáipéisí atá, faraor, fós i seilbh na n-ord seo. Tá an chosúlacht ar an scéal go bhfuil teipthe go hiomlán ar an Rialtas dul i ngleic leis an dúshlán na cáipéisí seo a chaomhnú agus a chosaint agus, níos tábhachtaí fós, iad a chur ar fáil do lucht acadúla agus don phobal. My question relates to what appears to be - forgive me if I am wrong - the complete failure of this Government and previous Governments to take action to preserve and protect the rec…

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Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta. We are out of time.

Was that the start of the election campaign?

I rarely disagree with my colleague Deputy Pringle, but he has got it wrong about Donegal being beautiful.

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