Efforts were made to agree an all-party motion. That was not possible. The Government discussed the matter on Tuesday-----

-----and the proposal the Tánaiste has put forward. He has put forward a motion.

What you said, a Cheann Comhairle, was accurate.

My understanding is the same as yours, a Cheann Comhairle. Efforts were made at the Business Committee to agree an all-party motion. That was not possible. As a result, were we going to have a moment of silence and no motion? We, as a Government, did not think that was an adequate response and lacked true solidarity with the people of Ukraine, those living there and those living here, and we put down this motion. It may take 45 seconds or a minute to read. Members have time to read it. They have time to put down mo…

-----a motion.

If there has to be a vote on it, so be it.

Come on now, Deputy. I think you use scripts quite a lot in this House. Usually when you are asking me questions, you use a script and I answer without one.

Leaving that aside, I think we have explained it.

I did in my response, and the Minister has in the debates in the Dáil.

The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Coveney, is engaging with the tech sector and, indeed, was on the west coast of the US only a week or two ago engaging at the highest level with those companies. I am very sorry to hear about the job losses in Google today. Obviously, my thoughts are with those affected and their families. The Government will make sure that everyone receives their statutory rights. We hope it will be possible, as it usually is in these circumstances, to negotiate an enhanced…

They have not been ignored.

We increased the qualified child allowance and the working family payment in the budget. Just yesterday, we announced an additional payment for those who are recipients of the working family payment.

There will be many opportunities to debate this further in the House and, indeed, in the Seanad. As I indicated earlier, the response is not just a financial response. There is a lot more to it than that. The biggest change we have made, in many ways, is giving people access to their birth information. In the past, they said it could not be done. With a lot of work from Government and through a lot of co-operation with advocates and the people concerned and the assistance of the previous Attorney General, we were a…

I thank the Deputy. I agree this is a matter at which we need to look. I discussed the matter with the Tánaiste, Deputy Martin, because as Minister for Defence he is responsible for emergency response. I may be wrong, but it would appear that one of the reasons we did not send a team abroad is because we are not set up in that way in Ireland. For example, when the terrible events happened at Creeslough, we were largely dependent on people coming from Northern Ireland to do search and rescue for us. We are obviously…

I understand the bundle comprises Clonmel Garda station, Macroom Garda station and the Hammond Lane court complex. I know this issue is also of great concern to Senator Ahearn and Deputy Cahill.

I met this week with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Deputy O'Donovan, and the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris. We are now examining the option of splitting the Garda station projects from the courts project.

That might allow them to go ahead more quickly. We want to be sure that is the case and we also need to work out how we will reprofile the funding. It would not cost any more but the funding line would fall differently. That is being worked on at the moment.

I thank the Deputy. Carrickfinn is an airport I have used on occasion. I know it is a valuable service for people in Donegal. It plays a genuine public service obligation, PSO, role. People use it to get to medical appointments in Dublin and things like that. I am glad we are able to continue to fund it. I do not have a detailed response to give the Deputy. I am aware there are some difficulties but I am not aware of their cause. I will make sure that either the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, or the Minister …

I thank the Deputy. I am aware this is an issue not only in the Deputy's county but throughout the State. People are struggling to find a GP with whom to register. It is certainly an issue in my constituency too. We have more GPs with HSE contracts than ever before but, of course, we also have a bigger population than ever before. We have an ageing population with growing medical needs. We are keen to work with the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, and the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, to find soluti…

I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue, which I know will be of real interest to people in the greater Drogheda area, in wider County Louth and in County Meath. The RSA has statutory responsibility for all aspects of the national driving test. The test centre in Marian Park, Drogheda, is due to close by the end of February when the lease on the site expires. The authority has reviewed several options in the area but to date has not found a suitable alternative location to host a test centre. The RSA co…