For any parent or anyone caring for a child, one of the worst imaginable nightmares is that the child would go missing or be assaulted, particularly in this way. As the Taoiseach said, it is not surprising at all that this case has caused profound anger and unease. I appreciate that he recognises that there has been a failure of the system in this case. That is a necessary acknowledgement. However, a disturbing pattern has emerged. This requires more than a simple referral to a panel. There has to be more action, b…

The second thing is this. There has to be confidence in the system of application for asylum and in our immigration system.

Any question mark around a person-----

-----overstaying in the State when a deportation order has been made is, again, deeply unnerving-----

-----and deeply unhelpful and has to be addressed by the Government.

Yesterday, ripped-off households were hit with a double whammy. First was the news that food price inflation had reached its highest level for nearly two years. On that same day, the big electricity price hike from SSE Airtricity kicked in. This is the second hike in just one year. This is affecting hundreds of thousands of households. How bad do things have to get before the Government stands up to these companies and protects people from price gouging? When will it rein things in and end the rip-off? Surely the T…

Stop parroting-----

No, it is not. Fianna Fáil blaming funny money is a bit rich.

I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — the reunification of Ireland is an objective of Bunreacht na hÉireann; and — there is a growing national discussion around constitutional change with people from diverse backgrounds now exploring the possibility of Irish unity; notes that: — the Good Friday Agreement 1998 provides the democratic and peaceful means to achieve reunification through the provision of unity referendums; and — the significant Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday…

Was that in east Belfast?

Not in east Belfast.

When do we get our referendum?

Yesterday, I raised with the Taoiseach the scandal of big energy companies shamelessly ripping off and gouging households. I outlined how the latest report from the International Energy Agency highlights that Irish energy bills are three times higher than the wholesale cost of energy. The cost of energy has dropped significantly since 2022, but these companies are not passing on savings to hard-pressed customers. Instead, they pocket the savings to boost their own massive profits. Proof of Irish households being so…

Wholesale prices are down considerably, by over 70%, and that reduction is not being passed on, so bills are rising. Energy companies are profiteering, turning huge profits, and the Government is sitting idly by. Families and workers are struggling hard and the Government sits idly by. It is too lily-livered or perhaps too indifferent to bother to intervene and take this on. I notice the Taoiseach's language is rather more watery today, but he acknowledged and accepted yesterday that blatant gouging and profiteerin…

The bills are going up.

The Taoiseach does not live in the real world. That is the problem here.

The Taoiseach does not live in the real world.

Oh, I very much live in the real world.

It is a statement of fact.

Do you?