We are not here to discuss the Judiciary.

I support this motion and compliment the movers of it. This is the second time recently we have debated this issue. I could not agree more with the previous speaker. Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí. We have to praise our young and they will come. There is a song, "Teach Your Children Well". I do not know who sang it but I love it as it has a nice tune and rhyme. We have to train the people and give them support in the communities. I am not for locking them up and throwing away the key. We need to bring them on and tr…

It is all leaked anyway.

Deputy Michael Collins and I tabled a Topical Issue on the same matter but it fell on deaf ears, which is very sad. The Tánaiste is the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and it is appropriate that I put this question to him. The members of the Irish Bookmakers Association have been denied access to the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, which is very unfair as they make their returns to Revenue, pay tax and PRSI and employ a lot of people. Revenue classifies them as casual traders because of th…

They have stopped trading.

I compliment Deputies Martin Kenny and Ó Laoghaire for bringing forward this very badly needed legislation. I wish the Minister of State well in his new role as this may be the first time I have addressed him in this House. The Minister of State and I are aware of the case of the Hendrick family in Kilkenny, who are friends of the Minister of State and his father. They were treated in an appalling way a number of years ago. Deputies Nolan, Michael Collins and myself met the CEO of the PSA, Paul Scanlon, in Leinster…

Ar an gcéad dul síos, I want to be associated with the Ceann Comhairle's remarks of compliments and congratulations to the team here at the convention centre and, indeed, to the chairman of the board, an tUasal Uí Dhubhuir ón Bóthar Leathan in Tipperary. I compliment them and wish them well for the future. I am quite concerned about the answers the Taoiseach has given to Deputy Tóibín. More than 450 cancer cases and 1,600 pre-cancer cases are likely to go undetected during the pause in screening during Covid but we…

The Taoiseach does not get it. Almost 150,000 people have not been seen by the main cancer screening services in the last six months because of Covid. Over 12,400 more people are waiting for an inpatient day case endoscopy at the end of September compared to the same month last year. That is an increase of 56% in the number of people waiting, on top of the already bad situation we had. According to the Irish Cancer Society, social distancing has meant that capacity is reduced by 50% in hospitals. There are now 2,40…

I did not say that.

The Taoiseach went to Enniskillen last Sunday and I would have no issue with that in normal times. He wore the poppy. We all have memories of the late Gordon Wilson. Travelling in Covid times is questionable. What is the Taoiseach going to do for the late Michael Hogan and the many others who were murdered or wounded in Croke Park 100 years ago by the Black and Tans and Crown forces? What will the Government do to commemorate those people? Earlier in the year, the previous Government talked about commemorating the …

And others.

I too am delighted to speak and I assure the Minister that the Rural Independent Group will not be found wanting when it comes to these delicate and sensitive negotiations. We are in the 59th minute of the 11th hour and I heard all the talk from the former Taoiseach, now the Tánaiste, telling us about the backstop and all the reassurances he had. Then we fell off the trough and Covid took over completely. People in the country have switched off. I questioned the Taoiseach this morning about the health situation, RT…

Next are an Teachta Alan Farrell agus an Teachta Creed, who are sharing time.

I make the same point. I was at yesterday's meeting of the Business Committee. The time was changed without any consultation. There are people in this House who want the Business Committee destroyed and for it to be defunct. The motion proposing no confidence in the Tánaiste is a Sinn Féin motion, but the Government decided to table a countermotion. That is its right and there is precedent for that. However, the trick of the loop is the speaking time. We are down to five minutes for our group, and all other Opposit…

Shame on the Deputy.

It is a battering ram.

Yes, but the Government nobbled the Opposition.

There is no-----

We made no threats.

We voted for more time.