First of all, I thank the Deputy, and I do not say it patronisingly, for very eloquently presenting the case and the comparison with our own national trauma during the 19th century in terms of the Great Famine and a deliberate policy now being perpetrated by the Israeli Government in respect of denying the basic necessities of life to the people of Gaza. It is quite shocking that Israel would, in a very deliberative way, conduct and prosecute a policy of this kind against an entire population. As I said previously …

I take the Deputy’s point, although I do believe we need key powers to intervene. We need key powers, such as the US and major European Union-----

Hear me out, please. Major European Union countries-----

We have done it. Ireland on its own is not going to shift the dial on this.

I just want to make the point. I have noticed a shift in European opinion on this. The bigger powers, quite frankly, have to intervene here because of what is happening morally, and we will, too, but-----

-----the realpolitik of this is very clear to me. The big powers-----

I appreciate we are all-----

I am just stating the facts. It is very clear to me that the major powers have to intervene to get Israel to change course and stop doing what it is doing.

I thank Deputy Brabazon for raising the issue. I take the essence of his point on local Garda stations having the capacity to respond to calls but this would not be uniform throughout the country. There are times when Garda stations are open and not open, particularly in the middle of the night, and this could create limitations. As Deputy Brabazon knows, between 2019 and 2020 it was discovered that hundreds of 999 calls were prematurely cancelled or classified as non-criminal by control room operators, sometimes w…

I will do that and I will come back to Deputy Brabazon because there is an issue in terms of how we best utilise local facilities and local resources in response to issues that could be dealt with in a quicker and more accelerated way rather than burdening the central system.

I have seen a copy of a generic letter, which does not mention the word "recall".

CHI has commissioned the audit. I will say it one more time. I am not endeavouring in any way to cast aspersions on anyone raising questions here. However, aspersions are being laid at the door of the Government.

Attempts have been made and the words "ducking", "dodging" and "diving" were used yesterday by the Deputy.

That is a false assertion by the Deputy. The Government wants the facts and I want the facts. Deputy McDonald has no-----

When the audit is complete. I know what Deputy McDonald is at. Unfortunately, it is quite-----

He is shouting again. Mr. Angry is at it again. I am simply saying-----

Stop the theatrics; it is too serious.

Angry theatrics are par for the course from you and it is wrong to do it.

It is not an omnishambles. Yesterday, the Minister spoke in the Dáil. She is working very hard on this issue. We must always remember the Government is contracting this service, in this case from pharmacies, as we do from general practitioners also. It should be possible to do this fairly and in the best interests of the women of the country. The Minister is working very proactively on this. The agenda, and the objective, is to get this brought to a conclusion by the deadline that has been set.

The general assessment of remote working in Ireland has been positive. Over time we need to evaluate it, through a whole-of-society approach to the evaluation of remote working. It certainly is good for climate. It certainly is good for congestion within cities and towns. It is good for individuals. It has helped increase participation in the workforce and it creates a flexibility that is also beneficial. There are also arguments for the need for people to be in workplaces for a sufficiency of time, particularly yo…