It was the Labour Party.

Make sure that she does not go back home until our people come home safe.

I too am glad to get the opportunity to talk about this very serious matter that is happening in the world today and especially in the Middle East. I say to the Minister of State that we must ensure that we continue to be neutral. Indeed, our voices must be heard at European level asking for peace and that the ceasefire happens there right away. It is very wrong that people, civilians and children, are being slaughtered there day after day and it is time to call a halt to that now. The European Union's migration st…

Whatever side they have been kidnapped by or whatever, it is the Israelis' remit to ensure the safety home of these people. They have the deciding of it. I ask the Minister of State to mind this lady here and tell her she is quite welcome here and ask her to ensure the safe return home of our people. It is of paramount importance to me that the people from Ireland who are out there come home safely and whatever way the Government manoeuvres it, tell her that she is safe here while our people are safe over there. Pr…

It is with a heavy heart that I wish to acknowledge the death of John O'Donoghue of Knockaderry, Farranfore. I sympathise with his family. He gave his whole life in our organisation, helping Jackie Healy-Rae and all the Healy-Raes since 1973. We will miss him forever. We got a letter from the office of the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, a few days ago. It told us that 70 more asylum seekers are being placed on the Muckross Road in Killarney and 30 in Killorglin, and 20 already after arriving in Kenmare. The people on t…

-----and I am asking the Taoiseach to stop this now.

We have our share in Killarney. We have our part done.

I would add to that by asking what business do we have inviting people here or taking them at will when we cannot house our own people? A total of 1,000 people or more are coming into the country every week. I am calling for a cap on that and for us to look after our own first. We are doing very little or not enough for people on the housing list. If they do get a council house or one from a housing body, they cannot purchase it any more. Everyone wants to buy out their home and they did so in the 1950s and 1960s. …

I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the motion. Like everyone else in this House and around the country, I abhor the atrocities that are going on in the Gaza Strip and the loss of life. When we see young little children injured, murdered and dead in their parents' arms, we can only think what it would be like if it were our own children or our grandchildren. None of us wants that but Ireland has to remain neutral. It will serve nobody's interest by going on one side or the other because we do not have the…

I have a question for the Acting Chairman. What kind of a clock have you in Mayo? In the dividing of the time here, whatever way you managed it, I only got a minute and more fellas got four minutes.

You said there was.

I wish to raise with the Taoiseach the matter of excessive numbers of deer roaming our roads in Kerry. Road safety is paramount. These deer are compromising people's safety. I want to mention the large number of deaths on our roads in north Kerry especially and to sympathise with the families who have lost loved ones. We all feel for those people. Deer have caused many deaths in our county. They have left many cars and vehicles in smithereens and many people are not covered by insurance. We in Kerry cannot carry on…

I thank the Taoiseach. I am not happy with his response. He does not seem to be really concerned about it. In Kerry we have lost many lives, through people swerving and hitting trees. That is a fact. Large stags have landed on bonnets. Roads in Kerry are not safe, morning, noon or night. Deer are even going down into Valentia Island, Gneevgullia and Scartaglen. At any hour of the day or night people cannot travel on the roads. I am calling for a serious and immediate cull. The Government is talking about increasing…

I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words on this very important topic and I will refer to a case I had this week. When their house is broken into, people can feel very upset and they are even afraid to go back into their house after something like this happens. It is so hard to bring the criminal or perpetrator to justice. They have so many avenues. What is terrible is the system whereby free legal aid continues to be made available to people who commit crimes continuously. There has to be some crackdown…

I did not identify any group. I said asylum seekers.

Yes. They come here for asylum and if they commit a serious crime, like with a knife or whatever, we should do one thing with them - put them on a boat and send them back to wherever they came from. That is all I am asking; not to be wasting the taxpayer's money here, there and everywhere and giving them free legal aid because that is not right.

I know you will.

They are from all over the world, different ones. I am saying-----

I have no other way of doing it only telling the truth. Free legal aid is being abused all over the country and it has to be curtailed and reined in. I am asking the Minister of State to do that now. I am talking about the victims of crime and the people who have been robbed. I know of a case where the person whose money was taken went into the Garda station to identify the people and he asked had the person the change or the money he took or had he money left. The answer was that he had but it was being kept until…

I am glad to get the opportunity to talk again about these unfair energy costs. While I welcome the three €150 credits, this system is ridiculous. In the first place, the energy providers are allowed to overcharge and to charge what they like. This is what is happening and we are then trying to get a windfall tax off them. At present, what is happening with this €150 credit is that the Government is paying this with taxpayers' money and we do not even know how that is operating. Are the energy providers being paid …