We must move on to the next speaker.

I must stop the Taoiseach there. He is out of time.

I thank the Taoiseach. We will run out of time for the remaining speakers unless we keep to the time limits.

Does the Taoiseach want to take the opportunity to address any outstanding issues in addition to that? He is the last speaker.

The Taoiseach might answer that question, after which he will have five minutes. Does the Chief Whip, Deputy Calleary, want to speak?

We are finishing up quicker. I was making up for interrupting the Taoiseach.

The Taoiseach does not have to.

I welcome the opportunity to speak on this. I do so in the context of 2.46 million cases of Covid-19 in Europe alone as of 2 April. Businesses are going under on a daily basis. I support the Bill. It is a positive Bill, but the amendment from Sinn Féin has great merit. The points made previously by Deputy Tóibín on credit unions and a public banking system must be considered by any Government that considers itself progressive. By way of background I note that in the last Dáil we utterly failed to convince the Minis…

I wish the two Ministers the best. When the Minister is finished with his phone, I will mention someone who was on the phone to me in my office. This person has been on the waiting list in Galway city for 15 years. Earlier today the woman who works with me in Galway told me about a call from a woman with six children who is pregnant with a seventh child. She has been in a bed and breakfast in Galway city for the last 15 months. The Simon Community has been producing its periodic Locked Out of the Market reports to …

Tá sé deacair na Teachtaí a fheiceáil. Bogfaimid ar aghaidh chuig Sinn Féin agus Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne.

I thank the Deputy. The Tánaiste has one minute, if he likes.

There is one minute left so I thought the Deputy would like her questions answered. I will move on if she likes.

We will move on to the Rural Independent Group. Members have two minutes each, beginning with Deputy Mattie McGrath.

Tá ocht nóiméad aige, mar sin.

Guím gach rath ar an Aire agus déanaim comhghairdeas leis ina ról nua. Táim ag tnúth le bheith ag obair as lámh a chéile ó thaobh córas sláinte aonleibhéil a chur chun cinn de. I congratulate the Minister and look forward to working with him and I welcome his commitment to a one-tier system. However, his commitment is somewhat undermined by the programme for Government, which is committed to the promotion of private medicine and the National Treatment Purchase Fund, which I believe is contradictory and internally i…

Tá mé ag roinnt mo chuid ama. Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis an Taoiseach nua, an Teachta Micheál Martin, agus leis na hAirí nua. Guím gach rath orthu go léir. Is onóir iontach í dóibh a bheith mar Airí agus mar Thaoiseach ar an tír álainn seo. Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis an iar-Thaoiseach, an Teachta Varadkar, freisin. Go pearsanta, cheap mé go raibh sé díreach agus go ndearna sé iarracht ar leibhéal pearsanta ó thaobh na Gaeilge de ach tá i bhfad níos mó i gceist ná iarracht pearsan…

I have five minutes. Perhaps I should have a few seconds more given the interruption to my train of thought.

Let us roll out a public childcare system. People have spoken about learning from the Covid-19 crisis and not going back. I look at the programme for Government and there are some very good elements in it, including a commitment to ending direct provision. It would be nice to have a timescale attached to that. There are nonetheless many internal contradictions in the programme. There is mention of a public health system but there is also a commitment to private medicine. There is mention of climate change but the d…

The matter concerning external students for whom predictive grades are not appropriate has been raised already and we need clarity. I ask the Minister to give clarity on that as soon as possible. On practical students, I tabled a Dáil question and asked the Minister about this on the last occasion. I did not expect him to know then but we need clarification, for example, in respect of the National College of Art and Design and the practical subjects there, whether it will happen during the summer. The students have…

Could we have a copy of the Minister's speech?