All other countries are doing it.

What is happening in this Chamber is definitely an insult. It is an insult to the people of Ireland, the working people. It is an insult to the farmers who put so much into producing good food and who have abided by every rule and regulation. What the Government has announced here today will make no material difference. I have no personal gripe with the Minister of State whatsoever but does it not tell it all that the Government has a man who suggested we should bring back wolves? There are enough wolves around bar…

I can see the time every bit as good as you.

I am hurting you because you are Fine Gael. I am not one bit sorry in the world.

It is Fine Gael that joined the Greens and Fianna Fáil joined the Greens. Shut your mouth while I am talking.

Shut your mouth while I am talking and do not interrupt me.

What has happened here today-----

-----is no-----

You are talking over me.

The Government is making no material difference with what it is suggesting that we vote for later today. It is very unfair. The Government is being dishonest with the people. It could do more. It is saying that it cannot do more and that it is being stopped by Europe. I ask the Government to think of the people trying to go to work, morning after morning, and what it is costing them. I ask the Government to think of the farmers whose backs are to the wall and the employers. It is jeopardising all of this by not hel…

It is a fact that what the Minister has done today will make no material difference. He has to realise that millions of euro worth of work is being held up. Hundreds of jobs are being put on hold by the hour because people will not enter into contracts due to what is happening. The Government has to impose a cap and ensure certainty in the cost of fuel. Something is going on with the green diesel and the heating oil. There is 2 cent for farmers. Why does the Government hate the farmers so much? The Minister is from…

The Taoiseach mobilised all his troops — his own Deputies, Fine Gael Deputies and the Greens — to continue hurting people going to work, including hauliers and farmers, who are suffering because of the exorbitant cost of fuel. The Government is raking it in. It is taking more than a euro for every litre sold at the pumps, and poor people are perishing at home because they will not be able to afford the cost of home heating oil. The Government closed Bord na Móna when there was no real alternative.

The Government does not want Shannon LNG. What does it want? Does it want to paralyse the country?

Does it want to stop every wheel that is turning and have people perish with the cold?

What does it want? How long more is it going to keep the people suffering?

It is nothing to smile about-----

The Taoiseach should realise the Government is hurting people, and every day it is going on, the more it hurts them.

The more it goes up, the more-----

First, I thank Deputy Tully and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very worthwhile motion. I thank Deputy Tully for all the work she has put into it. I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak again on this very important subject. For all those parents who learn that there is something wrong with their child or baby, it can be very challenging, daunting and demanding. Those parents would do anything to help their child and pay any kind of money. However, sadly, whether the therapy is to be had privately or pub…

I thank the Independent Group for tabling this very worthy motion. It is a scandal to God that a walk-in service is no longer offered to renew licences in Tralee. People must book an appointment online. People who do not use the Internet have long waits to get through on the phone line to make an appointment. This is something I have to say. To get these people on the phone is absolutely impossible. To those who have phones but will not answer them and will not ring back I say throw them away. These people should b…