We have reached crisis point trying to accommodate refugees from Ukraine. This morning I received a reply to a parliamentary question from the Minister for Justice. It states that 3,254 people arrived in this country without documentation in the first eight months of the year. This breaks down to 400 a month or 100 a week. The reply also states these individuals presented full documentation when they boarded at their point of departure. When they arrived at Dublin Airport they had no documentation. What is going on…

There is.

In the middle of acute crises in housing and health, as well as the total mess the Government has made of the refugee situation, have the Taoiseach and the Cabinet nothing better to do than try to undermine and destroy publicans throughout the country? That is what the Government is doing with its proposals for late openings up to the morning in cities and big places, opening the pubs earlier in the morning in the country and deregulating the licences. That is what I understand the Government is trying to do. That …

I know that. There is plenty of it already.

And new licences.

There are hundreds of them for sale.

You cannot give away a pub.

I am not.

It will destroy our country.

You will be gone.

You might not get any green tea.

I am a bit perplexed about this legislation. I tried to grapple with it. My staff in the office, especially Kathy, my daughter, Councillor Máirín McGrath, and all the girls who are there are dealing with terrible situations on a daily basis. They are just flocking in with nowhere to go,with letters giving notice to quit, you name it. Successive Governments have failed to grapple with this. Regulation is never the best way. For a business with an employer and employees, they are better off if they can have good will…

I am glad the Minister, Deputy Ryan, is here. I will read from a small bit from the speech delivered by the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth. First, he told the Dáil he would discuss the generation capacity shortfall that exists. Welcome to the real world. Second, he said, "I will reaffirm the urgency of this Bill in order to enable delivery of emergency capacity to maintain a secure electricity supply for customers". My goodness, what a mouthful. Wakey, wakey. Is this Alice in Wonderland ? Did the Minister finally …

Or else you could be out of tune. I invite the Minister to respond to the debate.

It was the Tánaiste.

They cannot cope.

Many Irish Water workers, and Tipperary County Council workers in the water services section, and Waterford City and County Council water workers - my parish is divided into both - have raised huge concerns and angst with me and with many other Deputies about what is going on and the transfer of their jobs and careers into Uisce Éireann or Ervia or whatever you want to call it now. There is huge concern and angst. I hate to call it a basket case but that is what Irish Water is. Níl aon phingin acu. They have no mon…

I am pleased to speak. In the short time available for me to speak on the Finance Bill, I am only going to be able to cover a fraction of the issues. I will certainly address the concrete levy because this is a farce. It is showing the white flag to the real perpetrators of that awful mica and pyrite crisis. Those perpetrators were the quarries. The Minister obviously has no appetite to touch big business. We see that across the country. He has decided to put the problem onto the building of every house. The levy w…

A handkerchief.

The Government is robbing the poor to give to the rich.