Well then do something about this.

You are the Taoiseach.

The motion tabled today by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is a move cynically designed to intercept and shut down a prospective motion of no confidence in the Tánaiste, Simon Harris, to shield him from being held to account for his litany of failures, but primarily his profound failure of children with scoliosis and spina bifida. The pace with which the Government moved to protect Simon Harris today stands in very marked contrast to the constant delay that is the hallmark of his failure of some of the most vulnerable in…

I have no doubt that if she were in the Chamber today, she would back him again.

Nominating him for Taoiseach, she had this to say: It is that sense of simply wanting to help, of breaking down barriers, and making life better for people that drives Simon Harris. I know, under his leadership, we will see a major focus on improving supports for people with disabilities. So she said. I would imagine that at that time, the parents of children waiting in agony for spinal surgery listened in disbelief to that. I imagine that the parents of children left waiting and waiting for an assessment of need w…

The vast majority of people are decent and trusting and they believe that if you say something, you will follow it through and if you promise something, you will keep your word and come through for them, especially on an issue profoundly affecting their lives. Making promises is easy. Doing the work to keep those promises is hard, and Simon Harris does not want to do the hard work. The shattering of public trust in Simon Harris, which has mounted in recent months, is a result of the Tánaiste revealing himself to be…

Aww.

So did your colleague.

A Cheann Comhairle, could you assist by telling us what the salient ruling is?

A warm welcome to the visitors from Claregalway and the people from the United States. The ambassador is also most welcome. Cuirim fáilte rompu go léir. More than a million households will be hit with big hikes in their electricity bills this month. This morning we have further proof of what we have been saying for a long time, that energy companies are brazenly ripping off customers in Ireland. Irish energy bills are three times higher than the wholesale cost. That is price gouging, plain and simple. It is a rip-o…

Tá a fhios ag gach duine nach bhfuil rud ar bith sa bhuiséad do dhaoine, teaghlaigh ná oibrithe atá ag fulaingt. Is í sin an fhírinne. I have asked a question about price gouging and ending the rip-off by energy companies. As usual, the Taoiseach has come up with nothing. His budget has made a bad situation worse for working people. I know he is not a great listener - God knows, his backbenchers know that all too well - but he might afford to the general public the courtesy of actually hearing what he is being told…

Did the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, tell the Taoiseach that?

Rather than the Micheál methodology.

It is a strange methodology.

What is the Taoiseach doing to end the rip-off?

Jesus, that is not an answer for the people who cannot get a home. It is outrageous.

Blah, blah, blah.

That reply is obnoxious - people responsible for being homeless.

So poverty is okay.

They are not agreed to. Under Standing Order 35(3), I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, namely to have statements and questions and answers from the Minister for Health and from the Tánaiste, Deputy Simon Harris, on the ongoing scandal regarding children with scoliosis and spina bifida who require spinal surgery and why they are continuing to be failed and left on waiting lists, and also to have a report from both the Minister and the Tánaiste on the establishment of a statutory public inquiry into Chi…