Certainly. Please do.

I asked the Minister if the Government is open to change, and he said it is not.

I apologise.

I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate. I will approach it from two angles: first, the practical angle and the angle of the title of the session and, second, more generally, the angle of our neutral role and our role in bringing peace in the world. I welcome and pay tribute to the work done by the Minister of State's colleague and the Government in taking a hands-on approach in welcoming the refugees. That is absolutely necessary as one of the fundamental parts of our humanitarian reaction to the c…

I will finish. America has absolutely no respect for the International Criminal Court.

Not really, a Cheann Comhairle, but I will take your ruling on it.

I was judging by the content of the other speeches.

Were you not? That was unfortunate.

Thank you.

I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for his effort and his work behind this motion. I welcome that the Government is not opposing it and is going to work with the contents of it. I find myself in a strange position. I am absolutely committed to tackling climate change. It is the greatest existential threat we face, and we have to take action. My difficulty with a lot of what the Government is doing is that it would appear to be on a divide and conquer basis. On this occasion, there is a division between the town or city and…

This is a very important topic, as I know the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, appreciates. It relates to what was known as the July provision and now has a new name, that is, the summer school programme for all primary schools. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important matter. Since I tabled it, the Department has published the guidelines, which is one of the issues I was going to raise. I welcome that the guidelines have been issued. I also welcome the sending of a letter to all principals. I wil…

Did I get four minutes?

I beg your pardon, Acting Chairman.

I will speak very fast this time to keep within my two minutes.

The letter I have states that children with complex special needs feel abandoned. They are absolutely at their wits' end. The take-up for the July provision is very low. I do not have the time to go into the figures, but it is a very finite number of students who are in special classes and special schools. It is not beyond our capability to provide the service for them for four weeks during the summer, but that is not happening. Let us look at the figures alone. There are 8,108 children in special schools and 8,500…

We lose a few seconds and lose our train of thought when you tap the bell, Chair.

In any event, this has to be taken on board by the Department. What provision will be made long term for next year? The people on the ground have made very sensible suggestions as to how to deal with this. It is bordering on insulting - this is not directed at the Minister of State - for a letter to go out stating that the children can avail of this at home. It is not possible. They need special provision for four weeks. There was an underspend-----

I will finish on the underspend.

There was a huge underspend in respect of the July provision. What has happened to that money?

Amendments Nos. 3 to 7, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.