Give the figures.

Were they recruited?

Why are the lists so long then?

Why are the lists so long?

Of course.

Of course I do.

It is 28 weeks in Clonmel.

In the heart of Ireland, a storm is brewing. Rural communities, the backbone of this country, feel abandoned and betrayed. The culprit is a green agenda driven by NGOs and the Green Party with the full endorsement of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. This agenda prioritises environmental conservation over the livelihoods of farmers and the viability of rural Ireland. They can work hand in hand. Farmers are great custodians of the land and have been for decades. There is now a push from the Green Party, telling them how to…

I compliment the Labour Party on this motion but I would like it to do what Brendan Howlin did when he apologised profoundly for the disastrous abolition of borough councils, etc., under Better Local Government. Labour was in government from 2011 to 2014 and decimated housing construction. Its new leader says it will build 1 million houses. This is the problem. We have people who magic up figures and do not have a clue. They could not build a henhouse and did not build one, yet we demonise private developers. We ha…

Agricultural contractors are very concerned this week about changes to the category W driving licence that have been published on the NDLS website, which will have a significant impact on many agricultural contractors who do some non-agricultural works as part of their services, for instance, construction. The National Driver Licence Service, NDLS, website states that a category W licence should only be used for agricultural and forestry work. Anyone driving commercially, carrying stones, blocks, sand or timber for…

Níl Gaeilge fhlúirseach agam ach déanaim mo dhícheall í a úsáid i gcónaí. Gabhaim buíochas freisin leis na múinteoirí agus na boird bhainistíochta sna naíonraí, sna Gaelcholáistí agus sna Gaelscoileanna. Bhí mé i gCarraig na Siúire Déardaoin seo caite agus tháinig an tAire Oideachas, an Teachta Norma Foley, ann chun an fód a chasadh ar Ghaelscoil nua. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an bpríomhoide, Ms Forrestal, leis an mbord bainistíochta agus le gach éinne a d'oibrigh le 25 bliain chun an scoil nua a chur suas. Tá sí …

I thought the number was only 50.

On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I raise serious questions and I ask for a debate on the role of the Electoral Commission in these referendums and the might of what the Government has done in light of the landmark McKenna judgment. Last week we saw Ms Orla O'Connor being appointed by the commission in the middle of a referendum campaign to its research advisory group. The Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, has stated that she knows more than the judge who is chair of the commission. We had the Taoiseach's …

You had the cheek earlier to talk about misinformation.

It is misinformation and buying votes. The Taoiseach can smirk all he likes-----

-----but the people know what is going on and the Government will get a fine kick in the you-know-where next week on Friday or Saturday and the smirk will be on the other side of his face. It is downright blatant abuse of a system. The Electoral Commission is not to be trusted now.

All the parties here, yes, you are all great people.

You cannot buy votes.

The Government should not be putting that kind of full-page advertising in the Irish Independent today.

It is buying votes. It is blatant interference.