Ligfidh mé don tríú hábhar Shaincheist Thráthúil seasamh ar feadh nóiméid toisc nach bhfuil an Teachta anseo. Bogfaidh mé ar aghaidh go dtí ábhar Shaincheist Thráthúil uimhir a ceathair.

I congratulate the two new Ministers of State, Deputies O'Donnell and Richmond. I did not get an opportunity to congratulate Deputy Richmond as his Topical Issue matter did not come up.

I will stop the clock. Perhaps you might withdraw the comment with regard to "traitors", Deputy.

I ask you to reflect on that.

I will not go into a discussion. We are over time and in fairness to your colleague, we have held the clock.

I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter. I thank Deputy Collins and his colleagues for raising this and I fully support it. They have highlighted the crisis the industry is in and the urgent need. They have identified a figure which is very different in the scheme of money given out by the Government often unaccounted for and without transparency and accountability coming back. The Minister's comments to the effect that it is the first time a group has brought a Private Members' Bill is not help…

Baineann mo cheist leis an athbhreithniú neamhspleách atá ar siúl le bliain anuas faoi stiúir an Bhreithimh Bronagh O'Hanlon. Cá bhfuil an tuarascáil atá geallta? Laistigh de na téarmaí tagartha, dúradh linn go mbeadh an tuarascáil críochnaithe roimh dheireadh na bliana. Tá deireadh na bliana imithe agus tá bliain nua ann. Cá bhfuil an tuarascáil? An bhfuil sí ag an Taoiseach? An bhfuil dréacht-tuarascáil léite aige? Muna bhfuil, cá bhfuil sí? Cén fáth go bhfuil deifir ann maidir leis an tuarascáil in ainneoin chom…

I am going to try to be very precise. The terms of reference stated a report should be completed within a year. The Minister, at various stages, told us we were on target in that regard. Has a report been completed? Has a report been handed over to the Minister? The answer to each of these questions is "Yes" or "No". When the announcement was made, there was a related matter in that the Minister had received the nomination of a Ms Ruth Fitzgerald, SC, with a view to having her conduct an independent assessment of t…

I will never ask the Ceann Comhairle again. I will certainly just take the time. Where are we now with the report? It is important that we have specific answers on this. There have been most serious allegations of rape and sexual abuse. It has been acknowledged repeatedly by the Minister and other members of the Government that the culture in question is not of the past; it is the pervading culture still. At the weekend, we saw in the newspapers that women and men are afraid. I am out of time and will not take up a…

I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding capacity in the health services. On Wednesday, 18 January 2022, 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 must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding forestry. Yesterday, on the question, "That the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed, and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

We are over time and almost out of time. There are just two speakers left, so I will take the two speakers together, and they will have 30 seconds each.

There are nine contributors, so it is up to one minute each.

I am afraid the Deputy has reached the maximum time allowed to speak here.

I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I have done my best to get my head around it. I welcome the detailed speech given by the Minister. I will come back to the glaring absence of any reference to the necessary infrastructure to make this a success. The Minister said he has no doubt that this will increase the donor pool and pointed to Spain. That is not accurate, actually. On the system that appears to be wonderful in Spain, as Deputy Shortall already pointed out, during the committee discussion of the …

I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. I thank Deputy Carthy and Sinn Féin for tabling it. I wish it was the Government that was giving us the opportunity to speak on this matter in a proactive manner. Words fails me when I try to describe how important climate change and forestry are. If this is such a wonderful deal, one would imagine the Government would have brought it before the House and pointed to its advantages. Instead, we are reliant on press releases. There was a joint press release from the I…

The Minister of State will get a chance to come back in.

The Minister of State will have a chance to come back in.

I understand Deputy O'Callaghan is taking Question No. 7 on behalf of Deputy O'Dea.

I will now go back and take An Teachta Joe Carey’s question because we moved more quickly than we had anticipated with priority questions.