I cannot hear a word from the Minister of State, I am sorry. He will have to use the microphone.

No, resume your seat for a moment.

Resume your seat for a moment. If I have made a mistake, I apologise. I am not accommodating all the Deputies in the groups. If I have made a mistake, I have made a mistake. I am letting in the three leaders. That was my understanding. I apologise. We have run out of time.

I was simply trying to facilitate Deputies. If Deputies are not in agreement, I will not do it but I would ask them to let me use my discretion. That is all I can do. I am not facilitating everyone, as there is no time. We are way over time. Deputies do not agree with me and that is fine. I am not having a discussion on it. If they do not agree with me, that is okay.

We have no time. We are way over time. It is not a question of that. I am going to drop it altogether. There is no co-operation. I am sorry, Deputy McGrath.

No, it can go back to the Business Committee. I thought that I might have Deputies' co-operation. I am going to leave it there, as we are out of time. Deputies might realise that others do not get in when time runs over on both sides.

I am really sorry.

You are wasting time, Deputy. I really tried my best to facilitate. Deputies should go back to the Business Committee. The time is up. I am really sorry for those who have been waiting patiently.

Taoiseach, we are over time. Please finish the reply to the questions.

I am afraid we are not going to get to the three rounds of questions because of the time. I am simply forewarning Deputies.

There are only four minutes remaining, which leaves little time for the next group of questions. If Members are in agreement, we will move on to the next business. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I am moving back to the Government slot. I call Deputy Haughey.

I have no hesitation in supporting the motion. I note that the language was strengthened from the original motion from the committee in the name of the former Minister for Justice. I have no difficulty with that. However, I have to balance that by saying the strength and speed of the reaction screams out in respect of our failure to act up to now on Palestine, Poland, Hungary and other countries to which I will come back. We should be mindful of the role that America has played and continues to play in destabilisin…

Is Deputy Verona Murphy sharing time?

Moving on to the Rural Independent Group, there are four speakers. Deputy Michael Collins is first.

Is that agreed? Agreed.

In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time tomorrow night.

I will return to the issue of broadband. Deputy Canney has raised this issue but I am raising it with specific regard to the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in Galway city and county. How many premises in Galway city and county are now connected? I do not know if the Minister of State is familiar with the works of Kafka but I have privileges as Leas-Cheann Comhairle and therefore have the reply here. If he likes, the Minister of State can save going into the detail of the reply but I fail to s…

I am not sure if the Minister of State understood my reference to Kafka but his reply has just confirmed that I have misjudged that writer. He is much easier to understand than the reply I am getting. I asked a simple question. How many premises in Galway city and county are now connected? Does the Minister of State have a reply to that question or do I take it that no premises have been connected? Of the 38,897, fewer than half have been surveyed. That is one step. We then move on to preliminary works, preliminary…

I am going back to read him in both English and Irish because he would be much easier to understand now. I read him before and had difficulty. No premises in Galway has been connected. I have to determine how many of the 5,340 premises are in the city and how many are in the county. I do not know. The reason I and other Deputies have raised this is because, outside of questions on housing and health, it is one of the most frequent inquiries we receive. As Deputy Canney said earlier, we simply want information. I we…