Tá ceann amháin fágtha. There is one amendment left, again in the name of Deputy O'Reilly.

I move amendment No. 1: In page 24, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 33 of Act of 2005 30. Section 33 of the Act of 2005 is amended, in subsection (2), by the deletion of ", to the extent practicable,".". Is leasú díreach simplí é seo. Tá mé féin agus an Teachta Pringle ag iarraidh fáil réidh leis na focail atá ann a ligeann don Gharda Síochána éalú as an dualgas atá air gardaí a chur ar fáil i gceantair Ghaeltachta le líofacht sa Ghaeilge. Bainfidh mé úsáid as an dá theanga, …

I thank the Deputies who have supported the amendment. I was hesitant to bring the amendment because I am very cautious given my own background and I can see the sense of the escape route. When I looked at the report and saw that it took ten years and that the Coimisinéir Teanga had to resort to the last weapon, an uirlis dheireanach a bhí aige, an tuarascáil a chur os comhair na Dála, d'athraigh mé m’intinn agus dúirt mé go raibh sé thar a bheith tábhachtach an leasú a chur chun cinn. I lost my caution when I read…

The Minister can correct me if I am wrong, but the Garda Commissioner has been in place since 2018. It is now 2021, so it is not just yesterday. Second, there is a misunderstanding about the report, namely, that the investigation was carried out in 2011. The Garda failed to comply with the recommendations in that report and ten years later, ní raibh an dara rogha ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga ach an chéim dheireanach a ghlacadh agus an tuarascáil a chur os comhair na Dála. After ten years of getting nowhere and of corr…

The Bill will now be sent to the Seanad.

I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding rising costs and supply security for fuel and energy. On Wednesday, 10 November 2021, on the question, "That the amendment 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 financial resolutions regarding the Finance Bill 2021. On Wednesday, 10 November 2021, on the question, "That Financial Resolutions 1 to 18, inclusive, be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

Baineann mo cheist leis na hárais mháithreacha agus leanaí, agus go háirithe leis an scéim chúitimh atá beartaithe nach bhfuil tásc ná tuairisc uirthi in ainneoin na ngeallúntaí sollúnta ón Rialtas go mbeadh scéim chúitimh ann. Ceangailte leis sin tá an suíomh i dTuaim agus an gá práinneach le tochailt iomlán ansin, agus na hiarsmaí daonna a nochtadh, agus tar éis anailíse a dhéanamh, iad a chur arís le dínit. My question relates to the promised redress scheme. There is a different name on it, but there is not a si…

While I welcome that the Taoiseach talked about it being in the next few weeks, I have heard that since January so I ask him to forgive my reluctance to believe that. On the scheme, we have had ample time to learn from previous schemes. In the redress institutional scheme we created an offence such that if somebody disclosed what they got, they committed a criminal offence. Then we set up the Magdalen scheme and the Ombudsman told us there was maladministration. Then we set up Caranua, which was an insult to the Ir…

The Deputy is over time.

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 Niamh Smyth - to discuss the development of Cavan Institute as a hub for further education and training; (2) Deputy Marc MacSharry - to discuss prospecting licences in north Leitrim; (3) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss plans to upgrade the Carrignavar wastewater treatment facilities; (4) Deputy Emer Higgins - to discuss encouraging the upta…

I also wish to start by thanking Sinn Féin for the motion. I will zone in on two aspects that have already been mentioned, namely, the rural-proofing of all policies and budgets, which we have sought for years and the delivery of the western rail corridor extension to Mayo as a key infrastructure project for regional development. There are two reports in this regard, namely, one by EY entitled, The Western Rail Corridor: Financial and Economic Appraisal, followed by a very detailed report by Dr. John Bradley, The A…

Thank you, Deputy. The Minister of State to respond.

We are over time.

Deputy Doherty, please.

We are moving on. I call Deputy Naughten.

The Minister is to be allowed to speak.

The Deputy will only have the chance to come in once, along with Deputy Ó Murchú, as we have run out of time.

I hope the Deputy will not.

I thank the multitasking Minister of State, who came in tonight and acted in three different roles.