Fundamentally, with the European Union we are going to do everything we can to get aid, health and medical supplies into Gaza.

Again, I can ask the Minister to talk in more detail with the Deputy, but there is no sense, by the way, that it is the holy grail in terms of housing options. There could be significant issues with converting it to housing units or apartments. There may be lot of issues with building; I am surmising. It is a 200-year-old building and the Deputy knows all that. The HSE clearly did not find a use for it, notwithstanding the fact it provides a wide range of services to the community. I will ask the Minister for housi…

I am on the record for a long time as saying expulsions from special education facilities are not a good thing and are not something I agree with, but I do not know the specifics of each case. It is problematic that we are discussing this in the Chamber too, because there are processes - and there have to be - between the education and training board, the Department, management in the school and parents to try to resolve these issues. I will talk to the Minister for education again. We have been in touch with the E…

Where is everybody?

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, as he has previously. Lady's Island Lake is a priority area for action under the Water Action Plan 2024. All scientific, compliance, advisory and regulatory measures will be applied. There is close collaboration between Wexford County Council, the local authority waters programme, agricultural sustainability support and advisory and the farming for water European innovation partnership programme. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, has met key stakeholders and an ove…

The issue does need to be tackled. I appreciate the Deputy raising this. We have to be careful too because we are also advocating for transport police. There is a danger that if we have multiple agencies, we would dilute the overall integration of An Garda Síochána. There has to be a balance in how we approach this. There has to be a dedicated traffic unit - there is one in An Garda Síochána - and there has to be strong co-ordination and co-operation with other agencies on safety.

No.

I answered a question on this yesterday in response to the Deputy's party leader, I think.

There has been a 60% increase in the carer's allowance weekly income disregard.

The income disregard for a single person is now up to €1,000. It will be five years. We will do it in the lifetime of this Government. That is our commitment. What we have done this year is in line with that timetable. I have discussed this with the Minister for Social Protection.

That comes from a different approach in terms of all those who could be entitled to it at the end of the process.

The CRU recently concluded its public consultation on the connection policy for large energy users, which is the issue raised by the Deputy. It considered the impact of future data centre connections on both national carbon emissions and the capacity of our energy and grid infrastructure. It continues to work towards a decision on a new electricity connection policy for data centres. The aim of the proposed decision is to provide a pathway for large energy users' connections to the electricity system, which address…

The Deputy has been relentless in articulating for the needs of Dundalk and Blackrock in particular, given the exponential population growth there and therefore the pressure on services and the need for a wastewater treatment plan. I will engage with Irish Water, which has received unprecedented levels of funding arising from the NDP and the budget for the delivery of infrastructure of this kind. I acknowledge that this area needs it. I will talk to Irish Water about it.

The Minister of Finance has been clear in respect of that. I understand that the finance Bill will be coming before the House next Tuesday. It has cleared Government. I am sure Deputies will engage with the Minister in respect of that and with the Government more broadly.

Thank you.

There is a substantial increase in the budget for 2026 in respect of housing adaptation grants. I do not have the specifics in respect of Kilkenny, but I will ask the Minister for housing to examine that matter and, if there is a halt, see if he can get that moving again, particularly for those who need adaptations to their homes for clear reasons in order that there would be an acceleration. I will check that out. Additional money was allocated in the budget for next year. Hopefully, we can get it moving again.

I will have to check that.

I appreciate the importance of this issue and the impact it is having on the population and the community in Kinsale. The fact that it was put off may suggest a fairly significant examination of this in all its aspects. I will keep in touch with the Deputy on it and with the authorities and the Department as well.

As the Deputy knows, there was a comprehensive national application process in August 2025. The Minister, Deputy Foley, announced that five new FRCs will open in Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Louth and Monaghan. The national application and assessment process was led by Tusla and independently chaired by a representative of the University of Limerick. Longford FRC steering group was an applicant in the most recent application process. Those applicants remain under active consideration for further expansion of the FRC pr…

I move: That Dáil Éireann has confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence, Simon Harris T.D. I am conscious that at the centre of all of this is real human anguish. There is the grief of Harvey Morrison Sherratt's parents, Gillian and Stephen, and his wider family circle and there is the anguish of too many children and young people and their families who are in the process of trying to access services or who have struggled to access services in the past. I want to…