I am glad to get the opportunity to speak about this today because this is serious. These tribunals will have to be banned completely and gotten rid of because they are costing the State millions and maybe billions. There is no law that is being meted out to the people who have done wrong back over the years. The people to whom they have done the most wrong are the taxpayers, the hard-working people around the country who are out in the dark in the morning, who do not come home until after dark at night and who are…

They knew since June. I found that out today.

They knew since June that they were going to take the money out of the banks.

If members of this Government, including the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, were in any other jurisdiction, they would be tried for high treason. The first thing the Government did was to close down Bord na Móna. The price of electricity has gone up every day since. Everyone driving on the roads is being robbed by the tax content in the cost of fuel. Four energy providers have left the market this week. There will be no competition and ESB bills are going to be dearer. It looks like 150 s…

What are we being provided with?

I want to voice my opposition to the ramming through of this very important motion this morning, when only a handful of Deputies will get only a couple of minutes to talk. We certainly did not get time to deal with all these extra amendments. I am sure they will adversely affect many people who are trying to create employment. Ramming this through without any proper scrutiny reflects poorly on the Minister of State. Deputies are being denied the right to properly scrutinise what will be voted on here later. It is b…

I have one more thing to say. It relates to objectors. Deputy Canney raised the question of where the money was coming from-----

-----to help those objectors. The Government is giving money to-----

-----An Taisce and these environmental groups to object to planning applications and I totally object to that.

I thank People Before Profit for allowing us this discussion. I appreciate that everyone is trying to do their best but, sadly, I see in this proposal a lot of nonsense that just will not work. The Bill does not state whether it is referring to local authorities or otherwise. In my view, the local authorities assess income and treat people on lower incomes accordingly. Those people pay less rent. Those who tabled the Bill must be referring to private landlords. To add to what the previous speaker said, many landlor…

It was a small bit of a slip now.

I too am very concerned by the rushing of this Bill. I fear it is going to adversely affect businesspeople, people who create jobs and people who pay their taxes and even pay for the likes of us in here. They contribute to the State's coffers in a big way. This Bill being rushed through like this will be at the expense of many hard-working people who are trying to do their best, create jobs and provide infrastructure. They will be denied such by the rushing through of this Bill. I can see this is going to override …

It was An Taisce that appealed the decision. Perhaps the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was not here for the start of my contribution.

That is so, but An Taisce caused the issue. Kerry County Council, in its wisdom, granted permission. The inspector came down and agreed with that decision. However, the application went back to An Bord Pleanála and was refused. That is where the matter lies. I am sorry that is the case because the people involved are good and hard-working. This is what An Taisce did to them. I do not agree with An Taisce and will never stand with it when it hurts people like that. The people it hurts are human beings. I will never …

Listry Bridge is on the regional road from Killarney to Milltown, Castlemaine and Dingle. It services all of mid-Kerry. It was built more than 200 years ago.

Listry Bridge. It was built more than 200 years ago for horses and cars. It is now only able to carry single-lane traffic. Indeed, Deputy Griffin goes over this bridge. I do not know whether he knows the name of it or not. It is very unfair on all the people of mid-Kerry, and on Deputy Griffin, that the bridge is reduced to a single lane. There are plans on file somewhere-----

-----detailing the need for this bridge. I ask the Taoiseach to dust down the files and provide money to make a proper bridge out of it.

The county council is in charge of it but the money has to come from here.

Johnny and Maura and Jack Healy-Rae have it raised.

That is because we are in touch.