Is maith an áit í tosú ag uimhir a haon. Tá ceist atá agam don Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta, an Teachta Calleary, mar gheall ar an stádas atá ag na pleananna teanga in gach limistéar pleanála Gaeltachta agus bailte seirbhíse Gaeltachta. Cén obair atá ar siúl chun an chéad ghlúin eile do phleananna a fhorbairt? An ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh sin agus i dtaobh na moille atá i gceist le cuid de na pleananna sin?

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an gcuid sin dá fhreagra. Tá dea-obair ar bun ag na hoifigigh phleanála teanga agus na ceanneagraíochtaí. Bhí mé féin mar oifigeach pleanála teanga i nGaeltacht na nDéise tráth dá raibh. Feictear go bhfuil fás ag teacht ar líon na gcainteoirí Gaeilge laethúla i go leor limistéar pleanála teanga. Tá líon na nGaeltachtaí a bhfuil fás ag teacht orthu ag dul in airde de réir an daonáirimh is déanaí, ach tá moill i Roinn an Aire agus sa chóras. Tá ocht bplean tagtha chun deiridh. Tá plea…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as é sin a admháil agus an obair atá ag dul ar aghaidh. Creidim go bhfuil obair ag dul ar aghaidh sa Roinn le dul i ngleic leis seo. I ndáiríre, ní rud maith é go bhfuil muid sa riocht seo. Ba cheart go seachnófaí é seo tamall ó shín. Caithfimid a admháil chomh maith go bhfuil fadhbanna le héiginnteacht. Tá sé go maith go bhfuil na pleananna chun a bheith sínte go dtí deireadh 2027 agus go mbeidh siad fós bailí agus a leithéid, ach caithfimid tuiscint go bhfuil difríocht idir an stádas…

LEADER funding has been cut in 2024 and 2025 and now it has been cut in the budget for next year. I would like to know what the rationale is for that and I would like a breakdown of what will be affected by that cut. The cut in LEADER funding for next year is in the order of €10 million. That has to be considered in the broader reconfiguration of CAP happening at European level and the Government's failure - this is bigger than the Department only as it is being led by the Department of agriculture - to come to ter…

I know the Minister of State is aware of the Déise Women's Shed in Dungarvan. I believe he has met some of its representatives, probably several times at this point. It was one of the first women's sheds in the State alongside the sheds in Naas and Midleton in east Cork. We all know and recognise the social, health and personal development benefits that come from these wonderful social spaces. While I do not want to pre-empt the results of the work plan and the facilitator's report, facilities and space will be key…

Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an tAire an-dáiríre agus tiomanta mar gheall ar an gceist áirithe seo. Tá an plean tithíochta a nochtaigh an tAire tithíochta cúpla seachtaine ó shin lag ina iomlán ach tá sé thar a bheith lag i dtaobh cúrsaí Gaeltachta ach go háirithe. Ba mhaith liom rud éigin a chur ar an taifead anseo. Tá dhá píosa talún sa Rinn, i nGaeltacht na nDéise, ceann amháin gur leis Údarás na Gaeltachta í agus ceann eile gur cheannaigh an chomhairle áitiúil le tamall anuas. Tá na seirbhísí uisce timpeall orthu.…

Just at election times.

At developers.

Institutional investors

Child poverty has increased every year under Fianna Fáil .

I thank the Minister for finally coming before the Dáil to speak to this housing plan, a plan which is a blueprint for failure. It has next to nothing to say about rural depopulation because we know it will take real action to confront that problem. Communities across the State are being slowly hollowed out - in some cases quite quickly - because the Government has failed to deliver the homes, the services and the opportunities that young people need to stay rooted in their communities and their own places. Once yo…

Every community that depends on our Coast Guard air crews knows the truth. This State, our maritime nation and our coastal communities would be lost without the people who go out when everyone else comes in. They answer calls in the darkest hours and in the worst weather. They travel over sea and land when lives hang in the balance. They do all of that while working some of the most demanding 24-hour duty systems anywhere in the public service. I represent a coastal constituency that has been shaped by generations …

Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.

Not a single Government backbencher spoke.

Before I get into the substance of the issue, I add our support to the matter that was just under discussion. My colleague, Deputy David Cullinane, and I both co-signed that Topical Issue to lend our support to it because it is an issue that affects the whole south east. I know Deputies from Tipperary, Waterford and Kilkenny are supportive of that and working in unison to get the Government to do the right thing by the N24. To the substance of the issue that Deputy Cullinane and I are raising, the working time arra…

Hear, hear.

With respect, the Minister of State provided a lot of information that we already knew about the service provided. We know it because we have met air crews, because we have been following this case and because we do our jobs and keep abreast of these issues. The question we are putting to the Minister of State and his colleagues in government is whether the Government will act to resolve this issue to ensure compliance with the working time directive and aviation regulations so that the working time that search and…

I will begin by addressing the whistleblowers in the Gallery who have come to watch this debate. They are watching, listening and taking stock of everything that has been said by the Minister of State's colleagues. I thank them for the service they have done the State and I thank the many people behind them who did not make it here and cannot be here, the families, and those who lost opportunities because of issues of corruption, illegality, theft and crime within elements of the public service, going back decades,…