All I want for the people of Kerry is fair play.

I have no gripe at all with the Ukrainian people.

I will not have anyone here saying I have.

You said I should not have a gripe.

You were surprised I raised it.

I am creating no drama. I am telling the truth.

That is what it sounded like.

I will challenge you any day of the week-----

-----and tell you the truth-----

-----because I tell you the truth about what is going on every day that I come up here.

I did not make anything false. It is false of the Tánaiste to say that.

You did say it.

You were surprised when I raised it.

I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words on this legislation. I welcome the debate but, sadly, I cannot support the Bill. I worry so much about the evidence regarding drugs and what they are doing to youngsters, lovely young boys and girls, and how families are broken up and people finish up in bad health. We can see that cannabis use has been on the rise for nearly two decades. While some of the people in favour of the Bill will say that it is not a serious or bad drug in itself, it is the gateway and s…

Why are they not hiring home helps since last November?

And then you closed down Bord na Móna.

I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about this important Bill. I agree with and welcome much of it. The amalgamation of the science foundation and the Irish Research Council, combining their respective remits, is welcome but I hope there will be more funding for innovation and higher education because our youth today are our future tomorrow and our greatest asset. We must do everything we can to ensure they avail of and probe every opportunity to get ahead. Youth change their minds. Even people in here change …

Two months ago, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, ICBF, board changed and rearranged the star rating of suckler cow beef breeds, downgrading four and five star Charolais, Limousin, Simmental and Belgian Blue breeds, which Irish farmers have bred to perfection over the past 40 years and, in the same way, promoting Dexter and other dairy breeds to four and five stars. The same cow and bull that had a four or a five star rated calf last year will only have a two or a three star rated calf next year. That is the si…

-----for the serious way it has impacted on beef farmers. I ask the Taoiseach to intervene in this because this is going to have a serious effect on suckler beef farmers going forward.

Who approved this?