However, I presume there will be.

Is that a-----

If we ring, the NCSE will tell us what the story is. I presume there will be. Maybe someone has left the job or whatever. I am not sure; we will need to get the background to that. On the mobility scooter, my own view is that it is an appliance and any supports should be provided relatively seamlessly. The system the HSE operates at times in different parts of the country baffles me. Extraordinary additional funding has been allocated to the HSE over the past three years and mobile scooters should not be an issue f…

Nobody should be waiting 37 months. That is ridiculous.

The third point was-----

Again, there has been very substantial recruitment with 28,000 extra people recruited in the last three years.

What centre?

Is it a primary care centre?

Is it a primary care centre?

I will talk to the Minister for Health.

I just want clarity, that is all.

There is no excuse for services that existed pre-Covid not to exist now.

The Deputy referenced that point and I agree with him on that. For some reason, however, some services were very slow in coming back even though resources were not diluted. There is a question mark over how that happened. I will talk to the Minister for Health in respect of what the Deputy has raised.

Is the Deputy talking about road maintenance or road projects?

It is difficult to respond if we do not have clarity on what the Deputy is asking. The Government has allocated increased funding for road maintenance and will be allocating additional sums for road maintenance as well. There should not be an issue.

I know. Different lobby groups come in. The local authorities, TII and so on are there to engage with groups. There has been inflation, which has eaten into a lot of projects and increased their cost, but overall the allocation has increased substantially, both for TII projects and road maintenance.

As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister allocated additional funding in the interim period to try to deal with the challenges in the public dental health services. There will continue to be challenges there. I will talk to the Minister in respect of the timeline around the review and where that is at present.

I met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon in respect of the case. Also present was a lawyer from the department of defence in Lebanon because the Minister was in hospital with Covid. The lawyer was very conversant with the case. I made clear in no uncertain terms our grave concern at the delay in the progress on the case and certain aspects of it. Notwithstanding the separation of powers in the Lebanese judicial system, I pressed the need for us to have a clear process and that it would be transparent b…

I agree with the Deputy. I have spoken to the Minister for Transport on this. Bus Éireann has not facilitated it. It would cite medical issues. I put forward the idea that perhaps we should have an independent reference point from the medical world, for example, in the geriatric world, and people could give us an informed opinion on the point the Deputy made about those aged 70, 71, 72 and 73 being in a position to drive. Chronology is always a crude barometer of people's capabilities. I certainly think there are p…

I will talk to the Minister for housing in respect of this in the context of his relationship or engagement with local authorities on antisocial behaviour and how it is impacting on tenants, neighbours and so forth. We need to have resolute and robust procedures. Generally speaking, there are agreements and so on but they need to be enforced.