I welcome the students as well. It is always very interesting to visit here. I came into Leinster House when I was maybe eight or nine with Brendan Howlin and it was fascinating and has stuck with me. It looks like LNG is the topic of the day. My question is about the release of that report. I welcome the fact that the Minister has said it will be released within a matter of weeks, but will he also refer to the GNI report? What is really important is that when we are having these discussions we all have the facts a…

I thank the Minister. I may have misheard but I do not think he referred to the CEPA report.

It was quite noisy. My understanding, and this has been reported in the media, is the CEPA report offers an alternative view to the previous analysis done on energy security. It really is important because I understand the CEPA report says that by the time we get any emergency or transition measure in place, it will be very costly, but also there will not be a need for it at that stage. We could spend ten years and I believe €300 million putting in place infrastructure that will not be needed by then from a securit…

On the terminology of this being emergency infrastructure, I understand that every two months, because of the very nature of LNG, the gas will have to be distributed through the pipeline-----

-----so we are essentially just replacing the majority of the gas we are using at the moment with this system even though we are calling it temporary and saying it will only be used in case of disruption. To compare it to the oil reserve is incorrect because that does not have to be used every two months. We do not have to get rid of it out of the system and ensure everyone uses it as it just sits there. That is where the complication comes in as well. We sort of have two processes here. We have the potential for S…

And put it online.

Parents are trying to protect their children from an online world and becoming increasingly overwhelmed and anxious about it because their children are carrying around in their pockets probably the biggest threat they will face for many years, and that is just their phones. The Netflix show "Adolescence" brought this danger into stark relief. It showed an extreme case of the tragic consequences of toxic online content. For parents, what the show demonstrated perfectly was the helplessness they often feel. I do not …

Will she work with us across the floor to change this and make sure online spaces are safer for our children?

I agree there is a role for everybody in this. Parents are playing their part. Schools are playing their part. I know incredible teachers who are doing everything they can to address this issue. We need the Government to play its part. I acknowledge the work the Minister did on Coco's Law. She spoke about making sure it is illegal to share graphic or toxic content. We are allowing the social media companies not only to share that content but also to promote it. Not only are they promoting it, they are making billio…

The Minister's printed statement was not circulated earlier. We seem to be getting into the habit of this. Printed statements are very useful if we cannot be in the Chamber at the start of a debate. Therefore, I ask that they be made available in future. Listening to the debate, it has been interesting to note that many of the issues talked about are very small local ones – individual constituents’ cases in some instances. When Uisce Éireann was set up it, there was a huge investment in it. There was a huge amount …

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Some 61,000 children will sit their leaving certificate in a couple of months’ time. While this is always a stressful time for students, this year, when those students are doing their leaving certificate and are getting ready to compete for higher education courses, not only are they competing against the 61,000 within their cohort, but they are also competing against 15,000 students who were given predictive grades over the Covid-19 period. Those students are hugely advantaged by the predictive grades given during…

An Bord Pleanála has just approved planning permission for Shannon LNG's new power plant in Tarbert. While it is not yet clear exactly how that will be fuelled, it looks likely that it will be LNG. What is very clear is the Taoiseach's Government's U-turn on the use of LNG and fracked gas. Decision after decision of the Government is locking us into a fossil-fuelled future. That is the reality of it. It looks like the Government has very firmly opened the door to US LNG and fracked gas. Did the Taoiseach have any d…

I did not conflate anything.

We want transparency.

There is a new report on this-----

Here is to strong women. May we know them, be them and raise them. Actually - you know what - let us not. Let us stop placing enormous expectations and burdens on women. Let us stop expecting women to be strong all the time, to be superheroes and to fill every single gap left by a failure of policy, politicians and successive governments to provide the supports and services women need. For generations in Ireland, women have had to do it all. Women are primarily responsible for caring for children and elderly parent…

It is time for the Taoiseach to take his head out of the sand when it comes to climate change and climate action. This Government and the previous Government did not do enough in regard to climate action. There are more warnings today from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and the Climate Change Advisory Council regarding this, that we could face between €8 billion and €26 billion in fines if we do not meet our targets. Yet, the climate action plan will only result in an emissions reduction of 29% if every single e…

We have imported 12 times more electricity-----

I congratulate the Minister on his appointment to this role and wish him the best for the future. When I think about policing in Ireland, it strikes me that to date we have been very lucky in that as a nation, we have always held our gardaí in such a high degree of respect. The relationship between the gardaí and our communities has always been very strong. When one looks at other countries where they have not got that right, one can really see what a difficult situation that creates in towns across those countries…