I have to caution the Deputy in respect of identifying somebody who is not here to protect themselves.

I thank Deputy Harkin for proposing this motion and giving us an opportunity to speak on it. It is quite a comprehensive motion calling on the Government to do nine things. I am going to zone in on one of them in my limited time, in respect of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. I welcome that the Government is not proposing an amendment to the motion but in a sense I wish it was. I wonder if the Minister and I are in two different worlds. I pay tribute to the progress that has been m…

Unfortunately, the relevant Minister has left. I hope the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, will be able to answer my question. Like other TDs, I draw her attention to a letter in which those in direct provision who have permission to stay were given an eviction notice for 5 July. In the particular case of which I am aware, both parents work. They have a child who has moved three times - from a war-torn country, down to County Tipperary, where they spent a year and a half, and three years in Galway, near where I live. Th…

I welcome the opportunity to take part in this discussion. I start with Ireland's recognition of the State of Palestine on 22 May, which was very welcome. I do not see that reflected here. There is nothing on the follow-up and the steps we need to take in any of the seven items listed on the agenda. I would have thought the EU-Israel trade agreement would have been top of the list when it comes to taking action.

Deputy Varadkar, the former Taoiseach, wrote in February of this year, which was very welcome and there has been subsequent contact, but no answer on that. We have nothing.

I understand that, but the thing is, this is now an agenda. That matter should be top of an agenda if we-----

I thank the Minister of State.

All I can do is try to use my time to highlight that as a committed European who believes in the European project, but not in the context of the direction in which it is going. It lost its moral compass a long time ago. We are heading for a militarised Europe and a fortress Europe. I say that reluctantly because I have very good contact with some of the countries in Europe. We have very definite language on Ukraine and the illegal invasion by Russia, and we have very comprehensive support for the Ukraine initiative…

The Bill will be sent to the Seanad.

Pursuant to Standing Order 187(3), it is reported to the Dáil that the Long Title has been amended.

Amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

I have strayed outside the rules, allowing all this interaction.

Cuirfear an Bille chuig an Seanad. The Bill will be sent to the Seanad.

Amendment No. 1 has been ruled out of order.

I must now deal with a postponed division relating to Second Stage of the Mortgage Interest Rates Cap Bill 2023, taken on Thursday, 20 June 2024. On the question "That the Bill be now read a Second Time", a division was claimed and that division must be taken now.

We are over time.

We are out of time, but with the Taoiseach’s co-operation-----

-----I will take the other speakers. I ask them for co-operation in relation to the time limits. I am going overboard.

Is the Bill opposed?

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