-----to yield a bit quicker and give that contractor a bit more in terms of the claims it has made.

The Deputy is playing that game.

All the timelines have been BAM timelines.

I am speaking through the Chair. These are not Government timelines.

They are BAM timelines.

In respect of the October timeline, through the Chair, that is a BAM deadline.

Even this morning, what the chair is saying is that BAM is indicating, and the Deputy said this himself-----

I think the Oireachtas should back the Government in being-----

-----resolute on this issue with the contractor and not fall for the game being played in terms of commercial strategy.

First, and I think Maddie is the child's name, it is not acceptable that we do not have sufficient early intervention teams in place for children at an early age. I say this because I accept the principle that early intervention makes a profound difference in a child's life and in the outcome for a child in terms of any particular need or issue that exists. The Cabinet agreed last week to accelerate an assessment of need waiting list initiative through the procurement of private assessments for families who have be…

The Deputy did.

Yes.

I did say earlier, as the Deputy himself referenced, there is a very significant recruitment campaign, which so far has resulted in 165 new job offers for CDNT teams.

That is so far, and the HSE is going to repeat the recruitment campaign with a view to offering more positions in this area, to ultimately properly resource the CDNT teams. I also believe we need to look at it from a human resources management perspective to make sure that people recruited into the CDNT teams have an environment that is conducive, which incentivises them and makes for a sustainable career pathway into the future. There has been an issue with the multidisciplinary teams in terms of attracting variou…

First, I do not eulogise capitalism. The Deputy says she is for a different system but she probably should be a bit more transparent. She believes in a 100% socialist economic model, which I do not think would have created the full employment that we have in this country today. I point to her approach to multinational companies. Yesterday, she said we should boycott Hewlett-Packard, and from the comments she made, by implication, Intel as well. There are thousands of people working in those companies in this countr…

We need to do more.

First, the Deputy is not the only one who goes to the various shops she mentions. She should not create the impression that she is the only person in this House who goes to Tesco. I have been in Tesco. I have been in SuperValu.

Through the Chair, the Deputy made a snide comment. She does not have a monopoly on these things. That is the only point I make. I go to a local market. I mentioned local markets because I thought she agree that we should look after local producers.

I have no problem buying eggs from the local person who produces them in Ballycotton. That is supporting local people in our communities who are doing an extra bit of work like that and keeping the local economy working as best we can.

I have acknowledged the increase in food prices, as well as the cost of energy. That is why we did some unprecedented stuff in respect of giving people money back to try to deal with the undoubted increase in the cost of living. That is why the €400 lump-sum, once-off working family payments were made to 45,000 families with 97,000 children. A total of 409,000 households got a €300 fuel allowance lump sum. There was a lump-sum payment of €100 per child to families in respect of 370,000 qualified children. We gave a…