I wish to compliment the staff, especially those in the Intreo offices in Bishop Street and Cork Street. I have had extensive engagement with them. I know they have been working hard and effectively in difficult circumstances and I am keen to acknowledge that. An issue of concern to me arose early on Monday morning when a landlord arrived in with a crew of men and dismantled a small storage area of a coffee shop in Ranelagh. The landlord threw all the products and stock out onto the footpath. It is worth recording …

Might I get a response to my question?

It was on the introduction of legislation around the protection of commercial tenants.

I thank the Minister.

Home town referee.

In the best of times, artists and the artistic community have a precarious, uncertain existence. Art, music and literature have given us all a lift in these uncertain times. The arts have lifted our collective spirits. One initiative that I have seen that has given me and everybody a lift has been the art painted by children. It is placed in windows, whether in Portobello or Pearse Street. The current crisis is an especially worrying time for artists and their dependants. We have never needed the arts more than we …

Will the Minister address the issue of the cultural institutions and the €460 million?

The Government has made many big announcements and big commitments in the last few months but these announcements and commitments are not being reflected in action on the ground. A case in point is the announcement about testing. We were told we are to get 100,000 per week and we are also told it will be 15,000 per day. Of course, while this sounds great, in practice, the situation is very different on the ground. I was contacted recently by a person who had to wait 22 days to get the test results, and that was aft…

I have two more brief points. Pieta House does amazing work for mental health but, unfortunately, because of the postponement of the Darkness into Light walk it is down funding and needs to cut jobs and front-line counselling services. Pieta House has traditionally provided services where the HSE is weak. To ensure the vital services that Pieta House offers are maintained and the jobs are protected will the Minister intervene and work with it to ensure the vital services it offers are maintained and sustained over …

I agree with the sentiments relating to the pubs. Is it intended that the Minister will give a directive to restaurants and cafes? Many restaurants and cafes are actually busier than some of the pubs. I believe it would be a worthwhile directive.

The European Council called on all parties in Idlib and wider Syria to "fully respect their obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law and to allow unimpeded and direct humanitarian access to all those in need." It went on to call for the actors "to be referred to the International Criminal Court", ICC. While I do not wish to diminish the tragedy that is Idlib and Syria, I think it would be positive to hear the European Council support the case of Israel being referred to th…

The Deputy is not at the races.