I am afraid that is the extent of the latitude I can give the Tánaiste.

I am sharing time with Deputy McNamara. We will take five minutes each. I do not agree with the Minister's commentary in regard to nursing homes. I went along with the Government, I did my best and then I began to ask questions. The Minister referenced that we are better than other countries and so on. We should not be looking at that. Rather, we should be looking at how we failed to prioritise nursing homes. I looked at all of the committee's minutes that have been made public. I pay tribute to the committee for i…

I ask that we drop it.

My question was why it was never mentioned once in any of the minutes from January to April that I have read.

Deputy Micheál Martin referred to the deeply corrosive effect of no action being taken in respect of the suspension of parliament in Hungary. I have the same concerns about the suspension of that parliament. What I think is deeply corrosive is the gap between the language used by our leaders in the Government here and their counterparts in Europe and the reality on the ground. This is what is deeply corrosive to the democratic process and I am very concerned about it. Lovely words were used today by the Taoiseach o…

I reiterate my question on giving money to the European militarisation process. Can the Minister of State confirm that we will withdraw from PESCO, or at the very least, suspend our contributions under it?

This is the first written copy of a speech we have got from any Minister today, so I thank her very much for that. I welcome that. I thank the Minister for her work to date. I was often very critical, I hope constructively so, especially regarding delays with various reports on mother and baby homes. I might come back to that in a moment. I wish the Minister the best in whatever path she takes.

I thank the Minister. She certainly took the constructive criticism very well. I was most alarmed by the kite that was flown at the weekend in The Sunday Business Post . It has already been mentioned by Deputy Funchion. I welcome the Minister's clarity on that. In particular, I was alarmed that a kite would be flown suggesting that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs would be abolished in a year when we are waiting on a report from the commission on mother and baby homes, which is looking at a period from …

Perhaps we could get one or two responses as we did a little time.

With Deputy Harkin. It will be five minutes and five minutes. I hope to ask three specific questions, and the Minister might answer them. I will put them as quickly as I can. Two are practical questions. What engagement has the Minister's Department had with the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the aftermath of the decision to close the Irish colleges, affecting 40 colleges, 700 families and 27,000 students? I understand from replies to parliamentary questions that the Minister was going …

I do not agree to that.

We cannot-----

Actually, I do not. This is the second time-----

This is the second time my group has been penalised-----

-----through Chairpersons not keeping time. I suggest that we take a break now, in compliance with public health requirements, and then come back into the Chamber.

If the Acting Chairman wants to comply, he can let us take a quick break.

My group is the last one and this is the second time we are losing time. It is simply not acceptable.

I am bringing it up with the Acting Chairman.

I have two questions for the Minister. I have listened carefully to all his replies. I gave notice of my questions and I really would like them to be answered specifically. I ask him to clarify the position on testing and residential settings. I asked the Minister the number of residential settings and where they have been tested. In his speech he said that 18,000 samples had been taken. Where were they taken? Have the results been given? I ask him to clarify according to the question. I am conscious of time, but I…

That does not answer the question I asked. I am seeking an answer to the question I submitted in writing.