I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Michael Collins - to discuss raw sewage leaks in west Cork. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - to discuss State funding for the expansion of the Glen of the Downs. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - to discuss school transport in the Bandon area. Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss flood prevention measures for Midleton, Cork. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae - to discuss the …

I am not sure if Deputy Buckley's colleague is going to turn up.

A Theachta, your colleague is here now. Go ahead, but it is one and one.

You have two minutes. You can have a tiny bit of leniency because there are only three topics.

That was not a precedent. It was just an exception.

The Select Committee on Justice has completed its detailed scrutiny of the Seller's Legal Pack for Property Buyers Bill 2021 and, in accordance with Standing Order 178, has recommended that, for the reasons outlined in its report, the Bill should proceed to Committee Stage.

I thank Deputy Canney and his colleagues for tabling this motion. I have no hesitation in supporting it. The abolition of the means test for carers is the most basic step we can take in a republic to give that word meaning. We stand here today awaiting a Supreme Court decision concerning a case in which a woman has been forced to take a judicial review all the way to the Supreme Court. I will not quote what was outlined in relation to the son but I will outline what was said in relation to the woman: I am quite sat…

Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle agus leis an Aire. Táimid ag díriú isteach arís ar chúrsaí infreastruchtúir nó, níos cirte a rá, easpa infreastruchtúir i nGaillimh, sa chathair, sa chontae, An Cheathrú Rua san áireamh agus go háirithe ó thaobh cúrsaí séarachais de. Tá an easpa bhunúsach seo ag cur isteach go mór mór ar a thuilleadh forbartha agus ar chúrsaí tithíochta agus tá gá práinneach le beart stuama ó Uisce Éireann faoi stiúir agus fhís an Rialtais chun é seo a chinntiú. Unfortunately, my quest…

I am glad the Minister is here as leader of the Green Party and a Green Party Minister. I just want him to hear what I am actually saying. One of the two main pipes taking sewage through the estuary of the Corrib out to Mutton Island is in imminent danger of collapse. Can the Minister imagine what that means for the area alone, for health and for housing? Back in 2007, it was recognised that we needed a new siphon or a new pipe; nothing has happened. Back in 2009, it was recognised that we needed a new wastewater t…

I am not used to being over time. I apologise. I am appealing to the Minister. This is my second time in the space of three months to raise this. I will keep raising it. If the Minister does nothing else today, I ask him to say the Government hears me and will meet with Irish Water in relation to an immediate plan for Galway city and its environs, including An Cheathrú Rua, which has no wastewater treatment plant and where the sewage is going straight into the sea.

We move on to the Rural Independent Group. I call Deputy Mattie McGrath.

There are three speakers scheduled but they are not here. I call Deputy Michael Collins.

There are three speakers left for the Rural Independent Group. They have four minutes each. Only two speakers are present. I remind Deputies that we are discussing the Health Information Bill 2024.

I want to add my voice to those of other TDs who asked for time for a debate on Palestine and Lebanon. We are complicit by our silence, despite our words and recognition of Palestine. As a neutral country, we should be using our voice, now more than ever, in the context of brining peace to the world. The EU is still trading with a country that has flagrantly breached every international law and that is committing genocide. We have failed to enact two Bills, the occupied territories Bill and the divestment Bill. The…

When people apply for a primary medical certificate and it is refused, they have to go to the appeals board. The Minister will be aware that the appeals board was not sitting for quite some time. In my office it has been lately brought to my attention that there is a waiting list of more than two years for people with serious disabilities applying to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal for a primary medical certificate. I found it hard to digest that information. I do not blame the board. What resources wi…

That is right.

The board is in place. The backlog is the issue.

There are five contributors left so I ask them to contribute by keeping to the time.

The Minister to respond.

We are way over time, Deputy. The Minister to respond.