Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta.

Thank you, Tánaiste.

We are over time.

Tá mé ag bogadh ar aghaidh.

Táimid tar an am. Bhur dtacaíocht, más é bhur dtoil é. The next speaker is Deputy Cairns for the Social Democrats.

Thank you, Tánaiste.

Thank you, Deputy.

We have time limits.

I call Deputy Duncan Smith.

This is unacceptable. You are eating into your colleagues' time. I call Deputy Duncan Smith.

I apologise to Deputy Harkin. It is difficult with the crossfire.

I also welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and that I have more than the usual two or three minutes as well. The Acting Chair might not like this, but I am going to quote him. He said that the SHD policy was an unsuccessful and disastrous policy. I welcome those words. It was clear. I will move off the personal now, but I must add that he also said that Fianna Fáil had never supported the policy. Actually, it did for four years during the confidence and supply agreement. It had full confidence then in the…

Iontach. An bhfuil beart déanta ag an Aire maidir leis an litir mar tá siad ag gearán faoi seo le fada an lá agus is easpa airgid agus maoinithe atá i gceist leis? Nuair a bheidh an t-am ag an Aire, beidh sé in ann teacht ar ais chugam

Go hiontach. Tá an litir anseo agam agus is é an rud is tábhachtaí atá le cur in iúl don Dáil ná an rud atá istigh sa litir nó an t-ionchur. It begins: "A chara. We refer to previous correspondence to you from the chief executive." We must bear in mind that there is an acting chief executive for a very long time. I might come back to that as well, as to what the policy is from the Government. As outlined in the chief executive's letter, there are a whole range of methods and indicators that could be used to compare…

Go hiontach. Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an Aire agus is é an pointe ata á dhéanamh agam ná go raibh orthu an stró seo a chur orthu féin chun a chur in iúl dúinne go bhfuil easpa airgid agus acmhainní i gceist le fada an lá i gContae na Gaillimhe. Is í sin an fhadhb agus an pointe faoi láthair. We go back now to policy and ideology. For a long time, and I have always said this, we have been accused of ideology. I do not have an ideology. I am a practical, pragmatic woman who believes in justice. We cannot have a jus…

I am sorry to interrupt the Deputy but we must move on to the next business. She will still be in possession when the debate resumes.

The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2021: Votes 12 and 17. The Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and the Media has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2021: Vote 33.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Marian Harkin - to discuss the issue of the siting of wind farms on mountainsides, especially in peaty soil; (2) Deputy Joe McHugh - to discuss what preparation has been undertaken to ensure the mica scheme is ready for immediate implementation once it is announced; (3) Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss when primary care services and a…

I thank the Rural Independent Group for giving me this opportunity. On another occasion I may have a debate with Deputy Durkan on his analysis that we were all in this together, and the ignoring of the huge element of power and the imbalance of power that was there. As someone who proudly comes from Galway city, let me tell the Deputy that I was raised in a city that had two industrial schools, with which we were threatened on a regular basis if you were a boy or a girl, in Lenaboy and Lower Salthill. Then, if you …

The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 and has made no amendments thereto.