I wanted to put a question to the Minister on the promotion and enabling of e-health. Over the course of the Covid pandemic, we have seen a considerable move towards working from home. We have also seen the ill-effects of the cyberattack. I wanted to ask him what steps have been taken by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer to promote and enable the development of e-health and if he will make a statement on the matter.

I acknowledge the role of NearForm in my home town of Tramore which was instrumental in the production of that Covid tracker app. It did a great job of work in a short space of time and for relatively good value. I worry, when I hear the new e-health strategy will be delivered by 2030, which seems an inordinate amount of time. While the cyberattack, which was a calamity within a catastrophe in that it happened during the worst of the Covid outbreak, presented an enormous challenge, it also presented an opportunity …

I have so many points I would like to address but I do not think I will have time. There are huge opportunities here with e-health and that is why I would like to see it accelerate as much as possible. There are huge opportunities in supporting ageing in place. Ongoing health monitoring, which would lead us to earlier and better interventions in people's health, could be so important. There is a huge opportunity in providing healthcare in hard-to-reach areas such as the islands, where it is very difficult to access…

The thrust of my question was slightly different than the initial question that was posed by Deputy Dillon. However, the Minister of State captured it in his answer. It was to ask about the status and process of assessment of sports capital grant applications that were invalid or incomplete. It is important, as Deputy Ó Ríordáin outlined, that those clubs that do not have that backroom team with that level of skill can get another opportunity to make sure they have maximised their application in terms of outlining …

In my initial enthusiasm, I may have misplaced the decimal point in my first contribution. In the next round, we should consider looking at issues of sustainability in the applications. The Minister of State might say that of course I would say that, but if we manage to turn around an energy line within a club in terms of funding, if we turn that from an outgoing to an incoming, that means they will have more money to spend on their pitches, equipment and community-building facets and, of course, it will help us to…

It is a stretch to call the Deputy's question supplementary to the question that was put. I will give him a couple more seconds but it is a stretch for sure.

Before I begin to talk about the town centre first policy, I wish to acknowledge the members of the Ukrainian community that are outside the gates today. Trying to relate the personal stories of the people at the gates to the large scale of the war on Europe is unthinkable. It does not touch on this debate but I wanted to use the opportunity to refer to them. I thank the Minister of State and congratulate him on this policy. I have read it in detail, and it would have been nice to hear those details referred to in …

This is a welcome chance to discuss an important and substantial piece of work that issues every year from Social Justice Ireland, which tracks our attainment in terms of the sustainable progress index or sustainable development goals over the year. I raised this issue this time last year and submitted a similar Topical Issue. It is an important milestone and a good opportunity to take stock of where we are with regard to the sustainable development goals. It is nearly seven years ago now that Ireland played a sign…

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I realise that this is outside of the remit of his own Ministerial work. I acknowledge that the report is not scathing. It does not necessarily paint a picture of a country that is doing badly. It is showing progress across most of the indicators and the report does acknowledge that there are areas, for example in education, where Ireland does extremely well. We should work to maintain that level of progress. I would say that the word “shortly” is doing much heavy lif…

I acknowledge the contribution of Deputy Gino Kenny. He has a strong record of campaigning in this regard, which deserves to be acknowledged. There are elements in this Government who will push this forward. It matters to us too. I respect his record on this issue in particular. This matters to the Green Party. We care about it deeply. The principle of subsidiarity, with decisions being made at the lowest effective level, is baked into our DNA. We believe in the wisdom of crowds and in the power of inclusive and de…

I must advise the Deputy his amendment cannot be moved until the Minister's amendment is disposed of. In the event the Minister's amendment is defeated, he can move the amendment at that point. The next speakers are from People Before Profit, although I do not have details of the speakers.

The Deputy is a full minute over his time now. He will have an opportunity to contribute again in the next hour and a half as well, during the next business.

In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time tomorrow evening.

I often think when I am here about The Frames' song, "Star Star" and this lyric: Cause I don't understand these people Who say the hill's too steep Well they talk and talk forever But they just never climb The hill is steep. The targeted emissions reduction that we have is as steep a hill as anyone has ever faced. This retrofit scheme is part of us climbing that hill. Rather than moving around the Opposition fridge magnets of missed opportunity or such, this is us getting on with the exceptionally important job in …

I have a question regarding the well-being framework that is under development at the moment. We are quite closely shadowing the OECD framework, Better Life, which is welcome in many respects. It is a good model to follow. However, one of the issues it omits is a measurement around linguistic and cultural outputs, an element that is included, for example, in the New Zealand model. I take this opportunity to congratulate Ballygunner on its win in the all-Ireland hurling championship. I saw the Taoiseach in the crowd…

-----and does he think we will get a well-being budget by the end of this year?

In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time tomorrow evening.

It cannot be disposed of until we dispose of the amendment from the Minister for Finance.

Tomorrow evening.

The Minister does not have to take all of it. He would have that much if he wished.