Deputy-----

Deputy Cullinane, please resume your seat. I have no idea what point of order you are making. There is a list here before me. It is exactly-----

I will try to explain for the last time before I move on. I have no idea what point of order is being made. I have a list before me. I worked meticulously to that list. I am putting it there and I am moving on. I ask for Deputies' co-operation.

Is the Bill opposed?

Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

I want to say something about the Order of Business. Deputies approached me. There is a pandemic and the closeness of the contact is unacceptable. There is an open and accountable list so the actions of Deputies were distasteful. I will not use the word "allegations". What happened here earlier was distasteful. I will leave it at that.

Is the Bill opposed?

Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

I apologise for calling the Minister the Minister for Finance at the outset of his contribution.

I welcome the opportunity to give my support to the nomination again of the Ombudsman for Children. Will the Minister make a promise here today that we will have a debate at the very least once a year on the annual report of the ombudsman? It is really worth looking at the report and the ombudsman's submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the list of issues prior to reporting on the fourth periodic examination of Ireland. Reading the two reports together, one could easily despair. Although the…

Táimid ag bogadh ar aghaidh anois go dtí Solidarity-People Before Profit.

Téimid ar ais go dtí an Rialtas anois agus glaoim ar an Teachta O'Connor.

Are there any other Deputies to speak in the Government slot? No. Bogfaimid ar aghaidh. In the absence of Deputy Martin Browne, I call Deputy Shanahan.

We move on now to speakers from the Rural Independent Group. To clarify, are there two or three speakers?

Is iontach an rud é go bhfuil 20 nóiméad againn don Bhille seo. Tá sé ráite ag an Rialtas gur rud teicniúil é agus in ainneoin sin tá 20 nóiméad ann. Níos luaithe inniu bhí dhá nóiméad agam maidir le hábhar thar a bheith tábhachtach agus ní rud teicniúil a bhí ansin, sé sin, cumhachtaí an tOmbudsman do Leanaí. Glacaim leis an am go fonnmhar. It is ironic that our group has 20 minutes to speak on a Bill that is described as technical and had five minutes for the motion on the Ombudsman for Children earlier, on which…

Deputy O'Connor is next. I will be interrupting the Deputy at 6 p.m. to move the adjournment.

We will begin with statements and questions and answers on the Covid-19 vaccination programme, which must conclude within 100 minutes. In that context, I ask Members to be conscious of time. The Minister has 15 minutes.

I am sorry to interrupt, but are copies of the speech available?

Are they being circulated?

I ask that staff would find them. I am sorry for interrupting.