Deputy Stanton would like to contribute before the Minister responds.

Before the Minister replies, I will allow Deputy Gould to come in.

Thank you, Minister.

We are way over time.

It is not your fault. There was a supplementary question on top of the question. I am going to limit the questions so the Members who are in attendance will have their questions answered.

I will give the Deputy a chance to contribute again. I am keeping Members to time so that we can get to more questions.

I thank the Minister. I call Deputy Gould.

We are over time, Minister.

I thank the Deputy. The Minister to respond.

I am going to ask Members for their co-operation.

I thank the Minister.

We will try to use the time wisely and stay within the limits.

I thank the Minister. He will have a chance to contribute again.

Just before the Minister responds, I want to point out that this is a question on Cork. I am enforcing the rules here.

Is your question on Cork?

You will have to come in on a different question. I am enforcing the rules here.

Deputy, please.

I am sickened to my core by the divisive nature of what has just taken place here. I want to thank the Social Democrats for bringing this motion. I would like to place a little context on it. I have less than four minutes so I will do my best. Two days after we celebrated our national identity, nationally and internationally, 1,320 people were living on the streets of Dublin in tents. They were moved from Mount Street to another location which was adjacent to a site that had been subject to an arson attack. People …

Guím gach rath ar an Taoiseach leis an gcéad chéim eile ina thuras saoil. In ainneoin nach n-aontaím leis formhór an ama, thaitin sé go mór liom i gcónaí go raibh sé díreach gonta lena chuid freagraí. Baineann an cheist atá agam inniu leis an scéim chúitimh a fógraíodh inniu do dhaoine a chaith tréimhsí in institiúidí máithreachais agus leanaí. My question to the Taoiseach relates to the compensation scheme announced today for the people who spent time in mother and baby institutions. I use the word "institutions" …

I suppose it was too much to hope for the Taoiseach, when announcing he was going to resign, to depart from his written script on an issue of this importance. Thirty-four practising clinicians wrote to the Minister and pointed out that the six-month period was arbitrary and unacceptable. They work in the area of childhood trauma and pointed out that the impact of early trauma did not rest solely on duration within an institution. The letter, which stated "Childhood trauma ... includes separation from primary caregi…