The question was on the climate action plan.

No. My question was whether the Minister will put in an addendum to the climate action plan that will specify, in detail, issues like diversification that the EPA could not model because the information was not available.

I, too, would like to raise the issue of the retained firefighters. I have also been out talking to them this morning. They are angry and frustrated. Most of all, they are heartbroken. They are heartbroken because they are so committed to their communities and they know the impact this strike will have on the very people they work with, live with and love. I also received an on-call pager. The fact that SIPTU is saying there will be mass resignations next week is something the Minister must listen to seriously. He …

-----and this will leave our communities vulnerable.

Answer the question.

What the Taoiseach is doing is gaslighting.

I have spent a lot of time over the past couple of weeks speaking to firefighters in my constituency of Wicklow. When I talk to them, there are some themes coming through: their love for their job, their love for their community, and the huge impact their pay and conditions are having on them and their families' lives. They are really being asked to do the impossible under the current situation. The Taoiseach says he is committed to seeing this issue resolved, and I hope that is true. Why then has he not dealt with…

I thank Sinn Féin and Deputy John Brady in particular for bringing this motion forward. Deputy Brady has worked on this issue for a long time. When I was on Wicklow County Council with him, he put a massive amount of work into the issue. I want to acknowledge that. The Minister referred to his long-standing admiration for retained firefighters and for their dedication. He said he is conscious of the special responsibility that is placed on him to ensure that the men and women of the service are provided for and emp…

The Minister of State really just does not get it. He can list all the different initiatives and schemes he wishes, but fundamentally these are pushing up prices and making it harder for people to rent and to buy, especially in their own communities. Yet again we have a situation where this extremely important issue is being raised by the Social Democrats and rather than discussing it, the Minister of State is just going on the attack. This is not going to benefit anyone. The Minister of State can continue with thi…

Says the biggest landlord in the Dáil.

Private money for private landlords.

Money. Private money for private landlords is what you are interested in.

I was perplexed today to see reports in the media that gardaí are being sent to Disneyland in France to police tourist hot spots. I see the Tánaiste is perplexed by that as well. The facts are that we have migrant campsites being burned out literally a stone's throw from the Dáil and that the Taoiseach himself has raised concerns about garda numbers and whether we have enough gardaí to police the far-right in this country. In every community across the country, certainly in my county of Wicklow, people would like t…

What is the Tánaiste's opinion on the matter?

It is a matter of garda numbers and whether we should be-----

Should we be sending gardaí to France?

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the granting by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of licences for the purpose of hare coursing and to afford the hare species the full protection of the Wildlife Act 1976. I am very grateful that the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is here for this. When I was around six or seven, I remember driving by the Wexford racecourse on St. Stephen’s Day with my father. Several people were gathered outside with placards. I rememb…

I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

If nature were relying on sweet words, sweet descriptions and commitments made in this Chamber, we would not have an issue, one fifth of our species would not be threatened with extinction, and one third of our bee species would not be threatened with extinction, nor would half our rivers and lakes be in unsatisfactory condition. We would not have report after report telling us how decimated our natural world. If we were relying on the commitments made on both sides of this House on nature, we and nature would be p…

Today I raise the issue of the ambulance service in County Wicklow, particularly the service being provided for Arklow and Baltinglass. This issue has been raised with me by constituents who are fearful because there is not a full service being provided in Arklow and Baltinglass at the moment. It was raised recently at the Arklow Municipal District by Councillor Peir Leonard who expressed concerns about it. She read a response she had received from the HSE, which stated that the ambulance service operates a 24-7 re…