No money, no fun.

That is 44 years old.

I am glad to get the opportunity. First, I am very disappointed that Ursula von der Leyen has been endorsed by this Government for another term. This endorsement was led by our Tánaiste, even though each of the Fianna Fáil candidates who ran in the European elections promised the electorate that they would vote against her appointment for another term. What are they going to do now? The farming community is constantly attacked and vilified, blamed for climate change and blamed for a lot of things that are totally u…

That is very unfair on the people of Ireland who are depending on us.

I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about the very important matter of accommodation for college students. Kerry students have a serious difficulties at different times in getting accommodation in places like Limerick and Cork. The Minister of State will appreciate that Limerick is a savage distance from some parts of Kerry. It takes two hours to get from Killarney to Limerick, but there are places farther west such as Lauragh, which is another hour's drive, Cahirsiveen, Valentia Island, Ballinskelligs or Port…

Stop the clock so.

I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words in support of Sinn Féin's motion. We thank Sinn Féin for highlighting this issue again this evening, as it has been numerous times. I sympathise and empathise with the extended O'Farrell family. We wish them well in the future. We are very sorry about what has happened. The system here has let all of them down and has let the country down. I am amazed that this man from Lithuania committed 12 offences in his home country before he came here. I have been raising th…

You are out of order to interrupt me. I know a lot about Garda vetting. If I want to get a bus driver to drive school children, he has to be Garda vetted for that job. If Teddy McCarthy in Sneem wants him to drive his bus in the same space of time, he has to be Garda vetted again to get a job with Teddy McCarthy. If he wants to do charity work with children, he has to be Garda vetted again. Why not Garda vet the people coming here and ensure they start off on a level footing with the people here? That is what I ask…

I am not taking dictation from you. I represent the people of Kerry and Ireland and they are asking why people coming in here are not being vetted. You are being unfair to our people because there are accidents and all kinds of assaults and there is no accountability. They are not being checked out coming in here. That is not fair. Do not shake your head. They do not even have a passport coming here and the Government gives them a new PPS number and it does not know who it is giving it to.

It is relevant because more of it is happening. I am telling you it is happening. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. If our people are Garda vetted for everything, people coming in here have to be Garda vetted as well.

Who are you to say I am out of order? Who made God out of you? You do not even believe in God.

You think you are God yourself. That is the trouble. You think you are infallible.

Two honest brokers.

I am glad to get the opportunity to raise with the Minister of State this evening the question of funding for two estates that lie together on the top of Aghadoe - Birch Hill and Old Killarney Village. There is a problem with the sewerage systems, for which planning permission was granted. Kerry County Council has cited problems with this going back almost ten years. In 2020, funding was given by the Department of 75% of the cost; €401,000 was given at that time, leaving a shortfall of €135,000. Those figures were …

I thank the Minister of State for her reply. Senior engineers with Kerry County Council, Tadhg Meehan, Paul Neary and Charlie O’Leary, technical engineers like Freddie Bartlett and Mike Downey, and several others have invested an awful lot of time trying to resolve this issue. When I hear the Minister of State saying that it is up to the local authorities to make up the shortfall, I have to explain to her about the contradiction. Our local authorities were informed on 18 April 2024 that, as and from 1 January 2024,…

I thank the Labour Party for giving me the opportunity to say a few words about this very serious matter. Clearly, Natasha O'Brien has highlighted the unfairness of the decision taken, which was not proportionate to the crime that was carried out against her. Judges need to be allowed to have a bit of discretion but in this case the decision was totally wrong. The whole of Ireland are up in arms about it and something has to be done to ensure this does not happen again. The records show that violence against women …

I welcome the opportunity to contribute and I thank the Government for making time available. Clearly, the numbers are going up and something needs to be done to ensure that a woman and her children can remain in their home without the threat of being harmed. A person’s home is her or his castle. Too much of this is going on, but it is not being reported. Women are slow to leave the home because they feel it might be a reflection on them when it truly is not. We have a serious problem in Kerry. Killarney needs dedi…

After what our forefathers went through for 800 years, culminating in gaining our independence early in the last century, it is a fright to God to see how Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and their buddies in the Green Party are using this proposal. They will ram it through tonight with the votes that they have, like they did with the migration pact.

You can talk after. I did not interrupt anyone.

What you are proposing to do is dilute our neutrality and our sovereignty. You are not being honest with the Irish people or with the Defence Forces. Why do you not hold a referendum on this matter? Why did you not hold a referendum on the migration pact?