I will try to stick to planet Earth, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

I am very surprised at the Minister. I know him a long time. He is standing behind the signal given by the Government in 2019 and supporting a significant change of the fleet. Some people took it up and some did not. Some people could not afford it. Many had no faith in it. The Government obviously has no faith in this now either. It talks about the national children's hospital, but where is it? It talks about the roll-out of broadband, but where is that? The Government is going to have a charging point every 60 km…

The Government has all these green, pious, sanctimonious people saying we must do good for the planet, but what about these poor children? Do they matter? Do their lives matter and is there respect for their human rights and everything else? I am surprised at the Minister. He is standing behind the signal now. What is Eamon Ryan dosing the Cabinet with? What is he giving Cabinet members at the start of meetings or what are they inhaling to be carrying on this codology? The Minister was surprised more people did not…

It will be done by the children.

Can people afford them or not? That is the debate.

I proposed this amendment and I proposed leasú Uimh. 4 freisin and it was ruled out of order by the Ceann Comhairle.

Yes. The Minister has given a commitment and he has gone the green road. I stick to the hard road, the bóthar crua agus díreach. I am not yet convinced that the charging points and the infrastructure are in place. The Minister said the Government looked at it now because the BIK regime came in during 2019 but what about Covid? Many businesses barely survived after Covid. What about the businesses that were hit by the cost-of-living crisis? I know the Government announced today in a blaze of glory that inflation wil…

Is that inflation or hyperinflation or what is it? The people can see through the Government's con job. It is nothing short of a con. I am disappointed that the Government will not accept our amendment and we are pushing it to a vote.

We are pressing it.

Vótáil.

No.

I too am interested in this motion. You could not make it up. You could not dream it up. We have an underspend in housing while so many - 10,0000, 11,000 or 12,000 - people are homeless. Mention has been made of bedsits. We had them in Dublin but many parties on the left were clamouring for them to be closed down stating they were scandalous, abusive and everything else. They were thousands of roofs over people's heads who had units. The standards are too high now across the board. We have regulators and regulation…

They have switched off.

On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I wish Noel Murphy and his family the very best and thank him for his sterling service over four and a half decades. Tipperary County Council met yesterday in emergency session to discuss the housing situation. Each and every one of us as elected representatives must do our best, alongside many organisations, voluntary and otherwise, to try to solve the housing crisis. However, we have a farcical situation whereby a Fine Gael Senator attacked Tipperary County Council member…

He wants to be in here.

I hope they had lamb.

Was there any leg of lamb?

Then the Government should let them cut them.

Cattle prices.

I wish the Ceann Comhairle, his wife and family, and all staff and Members a very holy, happy and peaceful Easter. Indeed, we are talking about lamb and sheep today. Lamb was a traditional feast. Easter lamb was always a proud purchase for a household if they could still afford it. I heard today about people writing to Frankie Feighan. They might as well be writing into Frankie Byrne as talking to the Government about the sheep sector or any other sector. As the Ceann Comhairle knows, I have been seeking this debat…