Please, Deputy.

Deputy, we must move on.

I have been more than lenient in allowing the Deputy to make his point. That is where the matter stands.

Is the Bill opposed?

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

I will stop the Tánaiste there. If Deputies are going to ask questions of the Tánaiste, they must allow him time to answer them. Deputy Ó Ríordáin is now over time. That sets a precedent for the other groups. The Deputy asked a question when his time was up. I allowed the Tánaiste to answer it.

I will go back to ensuring Deputies keep within their time. I am asking Deputies to comply with the time limits. I did not wish to stop Deputy Ó Ríordáin in full run.

I thank the Tánaiste for coming to the House and that he is prepared to answer questions, give a speech and apologise for his error of judgment. When did the Tánaiste realise that he had made an error of judgment?

Let me help the Tánaiste's memory. Did he realise that he had made an error of judgment when Village magazine contacted him?

I thank the Tánaiste. Let me put this into context for him. When all this was happening and the Tánaiste was leaking a confidential document to an organisation for GPs that did not come within the framework under which the Tánaiste was negotiating in private, the homeless figures passed 10,000 in Ireland for the first time in February 2019 and continued to rise, Social Justice Ireland had reported that one in six, or 760,000, people lived in Ireland with an income below the poverty line and so on, and with the help…

The Tánaiste did not reply to them.

That is okay. Did the Tánaiste then discuss it with his friend - he was his friend at the time but not so much his friend now - Dr. Maitiú Ó Tuathail? Did the Tánaiste discuss that Village magazine had contacted him before the article was published?

I looked at the Tánaiste's speech, which was full of good things, but what I have noticed since the day I was elected is that when those on that side read out speeches, they are full of spin and internal contradictions. The Tánaiste said, "Rivalry between the organisations was often bitter, and it made agreement harder to achieve and held back progress." The Tánaiste then went to the rival organisation that was not provided for under the framework and he gave it a confidential document. Does the Tánaiste think that…

I have heard all the Tánaiste's replies and he has repeated that very often. The Tánaiste has described it as "rivalry", which I read out. The Tánaiste knew that at the time and then gave it a confidential document. The Tánaiste has gone to great pains to say that a lot of it was in the public domain. That is not accurate because the Tánaiste's friend at the time and his friends, the chairperson of the organisation and the CEO, were texting each other at the end of April, or certainly very late in April, that they …

Okay. That is what we are being informed, when we read emails. Can the Tánaiste imagine we are now in a situation like this where we have to question the Tánaiste on emails, some of which are absolutely deplorable. A doctor is asking a business person if they would like to get involved in direct provision. Of course, we know the then Taoiseach's views on that at the time. They were deplorable texts. The Tánaiste has seen them because we have all seen them and they have been published. I do not expect the Tánaiste t…

I hope the Tánaiste does not mind me interrupting him, but I have heard that. I have heard the Tánaiste say that and he does not need to keep repeating it. I am more concerned with the Tánaiste's informal way of doing things and looking after his friends. He must accept that to any person looking on that it is insiders and outsiders. Dr. Ó Tuathail was an insider with the Tánaiste. To put that in context, the Tánaiste actually said in relation to golfgate in Clifden that one has to lead by example. Various members …

I thank the Minister. I am moving on.

Deputy Kelly should please not interrupt. I am moving on to the next question.

We have time limits and other Deputies are waiting. I have no knowledge of this question, but the Deputy has indicated that he talked to the Minister about it.

I pointed that out. The Deputy stood up earlier and said he had indicated to the Minister that he was raising a second matter. The Minister did not object at that stage. I had no knowledge of that. Now he is raising again under a second question. It is entirely up to the Minister.