I welcome the opportunity to speak briefly on this motion. I think it is necessary. I thank the Library and Research Service for providing us with the digest of the legislation. One loses track of the Bills and the lead-in to them. I thank those who work in the service. They work - and I take every opportunity to say it - under extraordinary pressure to produce digests to educate us Deputies. In this particular case, the production of the digest was a relatively easier exercise than for a lot of the legislation tha…

Go raibh maith agat, an Teachta Ó Cuív. Anois, an Teachta Verona Murphy. I should warn the Deputy that I will be interrupting her to propose an adjournment very soon.

I must now deal with a deferred division relating to amendment No. 1 in the name of the Minister for Health to the motion regarding hospital waiting lists. On Tuesday, 23 May, on the question, "That the amendment to the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

I welcome the opportunity, however short, to take part in this debate. It is appalling that a small group of people would be allowed to burn out tents, board buses and block roads. That is unacceptable behaviour. Notwithstanding any genuine fears that a community may or may not have, that type of behaviour is unacceptable. That a man in his 70s is now in hospital as a result of what happened is shocking. I understand that on Monday morning members of the National Party refused entry to vehicles carrying asylum seek…

I never get praise like that, a Chathaoirligh. May you enjoy it. I think it is appropriate that the Minister of State at the Department of Justice is here, because there is a complete lack of justice, fairness and equality in our health system. It is ironic that it has been left to the junior Minister for Justice to be here for a health debate. I thank Sinn Féin once again for bringing the motion. I welcome the opportunity to speak on it, although I tire of hearing my own voice. One colleague outside said it is Gro…

In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is deferred until the next weekly division time tomorrow evening.

Before the Minister comes in, I call Deputy Cathal Crowe.

Go raibh míle maith agat, a Cheann Chomhairle, as ucht an ábhair seo a roghnú. Tá sé práinneach agus tá sé tábhachtach. Faraor géar, tá orm an cheist seo a ardú arís agus arís. In ainneoin na ngeallúintí sollúnta a tugadh dom go mbeadh an t-ionad lae seo oscailte, níl sé oscailte fós. Tá sé dúnta anois ó 2020. Bhí fadhbanna roimhe sin. Bhí an córas ar an eolas go raibh fadhbanna ó thaobh easpa foirne. Tháinig Covid-19 agus tuigim go raibh deacrachtaí ann ina thaobh ach ní thuigim cad atá tarlaithe ó shin. In ainneo…

Honestly, I despair. It is 11.50 p.m. I absolutely despair. The day centre was opened for one day and absolutely nobody was informed. We have to get some honesty from the HSE. I desperately tried to work with it. I went to a presentation in March, as I told the Minister of State. Representatives of the HSE told me the centre was going to reopen. They did not tell me anything about a new model. That only emerged in April. Does the Minister of State understand? They kept telling us it was going to reopen. They said i…

-----but, suspiciously, it has been out three times. It has produced two reports and I am waiting on a third. The earlier report, which was published the year before last, included mention of a day centre. The next report did not mention a day centre. It seems to me that the HSE is utterly failing in its duty. There was a lot more honesty in the past. Let me refer to the words of an official, who I will not name, in 2018. In reply to an email, he stated the HSE cannot get agency nurses. This was in July 2018. The p…

Approximately 15 were attending.

That was on a daily basis every day.

That is the question. I have any amount of emails begging me to draw attention to what was happening prior to the pandemic because of problems with staffing. The day centre was allowed to go so the nursing home could keep opening. The beds in the nursing home are empty. This was a wonderful facility that got praise from HIQA. It failed to be compliant on two of the criteria but I do not need to go into that now. It got super praise but also had to take remedial action. The day centre is vital for the Gaeltacht and …

I am not arguing about that.

Excuse me for interrupting but I am not arguing with the Minister of State about that. I am arguing about what I was told by the HSE. I apologise for interrupting.

Baineann mo cheist go sonrach le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta agus go háirithe, ba mhaith liom soiléiriú a fháil ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh na hanailíse nó na hoibre atá idir lámha aige ó thaobh dul chun cinn na Gaeilge sna cliantchomhlachtaí.

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Is dócha, má bhreathnaímid i gcomhthéacs amháin, go bhfuil dul chun cinn á dhéanamh ach i gcomhthéacs eile is é seo an deichiú ceist inniu uaim, mar chuir mé naoi gcinn roimhe seo, chun a fháil amach cén saghas monatóireachta atá i gceist ag Údarás na Gaeltachta agus ardmheas tuillte ag an údarás. Táimse ag díriú isteach ar na cliantchomhlachtaí, na pleananna teanga agus gan mhonatóireacht ar bith á déanamh go dtí seo orthu. De bharr na ndeich gceist atá curtha agam, bhí mé ag súil le…

Cuirim fáilte roimh tuilleadh eolais ach tá mé ag breathnú siar agus ar an 8 Samhain den bhliain seo caite, fuair mé anailís de thoradh an tsuirbhé agus bunaithe ar an anailís a bhí críochnaithe ag an am sin, bhí sé i gceist plean gnímh a chur le chéile. Go sonrach arís, cá bhfuil an plean gnímh sin agus cá bhfuil torthaí na hanailíse sin le feiceáil? Is rud maith go bhfuil siad chun díriú isteach anois air ach tá an tAire ag labhairt faoi thogra píolótach. Ar bhealach amháin, is maith an rud é sin ach tá dualgais …

My question is very specific and is about the legacy framework arising from Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture. When will the framework be published? Will the Minister explain the delay so far and the reasons why it has not been published. Will the Minister also give a breakdown of the remaining €1 million given by her Department?

I thank the Minister. The Minister knows the background to this. We were all very proud in Galway and then it was bedevilled by bad luck, by bad weather, by Covid and by bad management, without a doubt. I say this publicly. With the legacy, foolishly we thought there may be infrastructure. In my second contribution I will come back to the language around what is not physical infrastructure. I am following up on this because I sat on the Committee of Public Accounts and we brought it to the attention of the Departme…