My question relates to the snapshot of large firms operating in Ireland as regards human rights principles. Some 50 of the largest companies operating in the Irish economy scored 30% or lower. Indeed, five semi-State companies scored less than one out of a possible 24.

I thank the Minister for the response and the communication. We need to improve the implementation. We had a plan that was in being, which theoretically was a good plan, but is out of date since 2020 and we are now in 2024. I would like a date for the next plan. I would like clarification on the stakeholders' forum. Has it sat again and if not when will it sit? I would like to know if the plan will be more focused in goals and timelines. Let us look specifically at what Mary Lawlor has said in relation to this. Mar…

As we have a short time left, we will go back to Question No. 95 from Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú. He will not get all of his time but he will get some of it.

Last year legislation came into being, the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023, but nothing has happened. That legislation followed on from a report that took five years to report. The Government got that report in October 2020 and it was published in January 2021. That had followed on from Catherine Corless's seminal work from more than a decade ago. Two years and a decade ago she published her article in the Journal of the Old Tuam Society. Here we are now 12 years later, five years after a repor…

Deputy, we are over time and outside the scope of the Bill.

I have given the Deputy great flexibility.

It sounds like there is going to be a lot more than one book.

Anois, i ndilchuimhne ar iar-Thaoiseach na tíre agus in ómós dó, seasfaimid le chéile ar feadh nóiméid amháin inár dtost.

The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2024: Vote 30. The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2024: Votes 26 and 45.

Deputy Durkan wanted to come in briefly.

Go raibh maith agat.

I thank the Deputy. We are over time.

We are way over time, Deputy.

Deputy Murnane O'Connor wanted to come in on this issue.

We are running out of time, but an Teachta Durkan can have a chance at his question.

The Minister might try to get that out in one minute.

We will break the rules and give Deputy Durkan the last word.

Táimid ag bogadh anois go dtí Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí ach, roimhe sin, mar is eol don Teach, is é seo Lá Fhéile Bríde, tús an earraigh agus an athfháis sa saol a caitheadh. Ní mór dúinn ceist a chur orainn féin cé hí an bhean seo a bhfuil clú agus cáil uirthi, 1,5000 bliain tar éis a báis cothrom an ama seo. Ó mo thuairim féin, bean láidir neamhspleách ab ea í nach raibh scáth ná eagla uirthi labhairt amach ar son na fírinne, bandia agus naomh araon, agus taithí aici sa dá shaol, an domhan Ceilteach agus domhan nua…

Out of respect for the next speaker, can we please conclude? We move to the Social Democrats and Deputy Cairns.

Go raibh maith agat.