I support this Bill. I should point out that this is the third Bill. I and my colleague, Deputy Pringle, have one at lunchtime today. That is four Bills now. It shows the measure of pressure on all of us to do the right thing. Page 46 of the report that was published yesterday, A Shadow Cast Long, states, "A great wrong has been done to those robbed of their right to identity and family, as the Taoiseach acknowledged..." Indeed, I will come back to Dr. Conor O'Mahony. As far back as 5 November 2015, presenting to t…

Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis cúpla focal a rá faoin mBille seo. Is Bille thar a bheith díreach agus simplí é. Is é seo an tríú Bille ar an ábhar sin atá os comhair na Dála. Léiríonn sé sin cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an t-ábhar seo. Tá cearta bunúsacha i gceist. Chinnteodh an Bille go mbeadh rochtain ag daoine atá uchtaithe ar a gcuid eolais phearsanta. My colleague, Deputy Pringle, has laid out the Bill. It is straightforward and provides for access to birth certificates for adopted persons. I struggle for words th…

I agree with the Minister’s comments to the effect that universities have failed to provide accommodation on campus. This has certainly contributed to the housing crisis. I have first-hand experience of it in Galway where students were left to the market in this regard. I welcome the Minister’s comments on that issue. I also welcome his initiative on apprenticeships and the opening up of the CAO. I had intended raising something with the Minister but it has resolved itself. I have picked two other topics which I wi…

I thank the Minister for the reply and for promising the update. With regard to precarious employment, we will have another group to look at it. Surely the mechanisms are already there. We are reliant on thejournal.ie and whistleblowers coming forward to tell us the position, or I have to go forward as a Deputy under freedom of information. Surely all of this should be at the Minister's fingertips. Surely this is what we should be working towards. With regard to Limerick and, indeed, Galway and the other universiti…

I welcome the opportunity to speak. I have waited for quite some time for it. The Minister's comments about ideology on the left are not helpful and his comments about hysterical Deputies on this side of the room are not conducive to a reasonable debate either. I come from a large family and I have had broad experience within that family. We have had many trades and experienced every side in relation to jobs. My father was a small builder. I watched him all my life working extremely hard, putting in hours when he w…

I must adjourn the debate at 7 p.m. but the Minister will continue to be in possession.

Tá tú ceart go leor.

I apologise to the Minister for interrupting. I was simply pointing out that I would have to interrupt him at 7 p.m.

Táimid críochnaithe beagáinín níos luaithe ná mar a cheapamar. We have finished a little earlier than expected. Táimid críochnaithe ar an Dara Céim den Bhille anois.

A division has been called and, in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the scheduled weekly division time, which I understand will be tomorrow.

As the Deputies who tabled Questions Nos. 47 to 49, inclusive, are not in the Chamber, we will move on to Question No. 50 in the name of Deputy O'Rourke.

We will not have any comment on the judicial review, as such, which involves proceedings before a court.

I thank the Minister and Deputies for their co-operation. That concludes questions to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.

I ask the Deputy to direct his comments towards the subject of the Bill.

I will be asking the Deputy to move the adjournment shortly.

We will return to the Bill this afternoon.

Time please Deputy.

Tánaiste, we are over time.

I ask for co-operation in using the time appropriately.

I thank the Tánaiste. We are over time.