I do not know of any farmer, business or individual who could take a 900% increase in rent. This really is an injustice. I met with the hill farmers in question, as did Deputy McGuinness. In fact, we were there a number of weeks ago when "Prime Time" was interviewing some of them. The sense of injustice that they have relates to the fact that their ancestors, their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, farmed that land for generations and that a British absentee landlord - a multibillionaire who owns thousa…

There are sometimes cases where there is a grey area but I think this one is black and white. The people whom I have spoken to, including the hill farmers but also people in the wider west Waterford area and in Waterford city, are outraged that a British absentee landlord who goes by the name of the Duke of Devonshire, who owns tens of thousands of acres of land and is a billionaire as far as I can see, is imposing a rent increase of 900% on 16 hill farmers in the Knockmealdown Mountains who just want to farm. They…

Or in energy arrears.

Record rents.

People cannot pay their bills.

You are so out of touch.

Clapping yourself on the back when people cannot pay bills. This is outrageous.

It is all our fault, is it?

Here we go again.

Therapy sessions are being cancelled. The Tánaiste has some brass neck.

The Government is not even meeting its own cancer targets.

Spare me.

Talk about fair.

They are made up with the Government.

Tone deaf.

Hold the Government to account. Imagine that.

I agree with the Minister of State there absolutely.

Support the no confidence motion and show some real leadership.

Lots of them. They were looking for you.

It will take 50 years.