I thank the Minister for her reply. This is a welcome measure, which diverts the proceeds of crime, which have been seized from criminals, and puts them back into communities. When does the Minister expect that successful applicants will be informed? She referred to the autumn. Will she go into the scoring? There will be a diverse range of community activists, residents' associations and chambers of commerce involved in these applications. Is there a scoring mechanism? What criteria will be used to tackle crime, di…

I thank the Minister for her reply. Obviously, the key people in this are the local communities. The Minister has given a wonderful example of a solution to an issue that has emerged and the involvement of the local community in the solution. Heretofore, that community would not have been able to get the necessary funding to provide that solution. I compliment our local chief superintendent in Clare, Seán Colleran, and his team, on the work they do in combating crime, apprehending criminals, and seizing their asset…

I ask the Tánaiste about progress on Future Mobility Campus Ireland in Shannon. I understand he will visit Shannon on 15 July. I look forward to welcoming him there. Huge work has been taking place on the development of autonomous cars. This has been looked upon as a real opportunity for the mid-west region. Will the Tánaiste elaborate on the progress made to date?

I welcome this opportunity to contribute to the Second Stage debate on this important legislation. The life-changing discovery by so many householders in County Clare of the presence of pyrite in their homes in recent years has exposed the fundamental flaw in the previous scheme, namely, that households in County Clare were simply excluded and had no access to grant aid and nowhere to turn for redress. The establishment of the Clare Pyrite Action Group by Dr. Martina Cleary in September 2020 has led to the welcome …

Significant delays are being experienced in issuing decisions from An Bord Pleanála. Many of those decisions relate to strategic projects. Loads of constituents are in touch with me around this issue. Has the Minister plans to improve the situation there to get these decisions out more quickly? Many of these relate to commercial developments that are really needed and we must make more of an effort to turn around these decisions more quickly.

There are two banks exiting the Irish market in the coming months, leaving thousands of individuals and businesses looking for a new financial provider and home for their savings and investments. Will the Minister please inform the House what he and his Department are doing to support people who have to switch banks, to protect customers and, ultimately, to ensure the Irish banking sector is sustainable into the future?

For the information of the House, there will be three times as much time allocated to these questions because they are grouped together.

We will deal with them separately and give them all the time that has been allocated to them.

Kaftrio is a miracle drug used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis patients. It was approved by the European Medicines Agency, EMA, in January. Thankfully, 140 children in Ireland are now using it. A further cohort of 35 children have been locked out of the scheme relating to the drug and are anxiously trying to gain admission. Cystic Fibrosis Ireland has sought a meeting with the Minister for Health. I hope he will agree to that meeting to explain the delay and outline what will be done to ensure that this cohort…

Will the Minister meet representatives of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland?

Will he meet them on this please?

I am sharing time with three colleagues. The scenes we witnessed at Dublin Airport at the weekend are a damning indictment of the national aviation policy, whereby we jam 87% of passenger traffic into one airport and allow the remaining four airports to fight over the remaining 13%. I very much look forward to representatives of the DAA appearing before the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications tomorrow and answering questions. The public are entitled to a service and that service is simply not up to scra…

We move to Deputy Joan Collins. Does she know if her colleague Deputy Pringle will be here?

The Deputy is not sure. She has five minutes.

Question No. 4, in the name of Deputy Pringle, will be taken by Deputy Connolly.

Question No. 6 is in the name of Deputy O'Connor but I do not see him here so we will move on to No. 7.

As Deputy O'Connor is now in the Chamber, we will go back to Question No. 6.

I have supplementary questions from Deputies Stanton and Burke. I will take them after Deputy O'Connor, if the latter is agreeable.

I wish to ask the Minister about a new fund she announced last week for turning dilapidated and run-down buildings, landmark buildings in some cases, into community assets. The Minister might give us an overview of that scheme.

When will successful projects in County Clare under the rural regeneration and development fund be announced? What is the total value of applications received under the latest round?