The Minister has added further incentives. I will ask the Minister for Education to come back on this issue to the Deputy but my understanding is that the Minister has recently brought forward proposals for this summer, again with more incentives to try to encourage the provision of summer schools and participation in summer schools.

Yes. There may be potential financial incentives to facilitate that. I will ask the Minister to communicate with the Deputy.

Go raibh maith ag an Teachta as ucht an cheist thábhachtach seo a ardú. Beidh mé ag caint le hAire na Gaeltachta, Thomas Byrne, go háirithe i gcomhthéacs na ceiste seo. Admhaím gur áis thábhachtach é seo do mhuintir Chorca Dhuibhne. Níl cúlra an scéil agam ina iomláine ach déanfaidh mé an cheist a fhiosrú. Bhíos i gCorca Dhuibhne le déanaí in Ionad an Bhlascaoid. Bhí an Rialtas sásta an-chuid infheistíocht a chur isteach in Ionad an Bhlascaoid agus tá torthaí an-mhaith ag teacht as. Táimid báúil le níos mó áiseanna…

A situation involving any exploitation of workers, especially international workers who are lured into particular jurisdictions and then are not given any rights and exploited in terms of their labour, is absolutely unacceptable. I will refer this to the Minister for Justice in terms of the legislation and the timeline for that. We will perhaps get the background to the wider story in terms of what occurred.

I thank the Deputy for raising the situation in UHL. My understanding is that the Minister will announce a HIQA review of urgent and emergency care in Limerick. A wide range of issues there need to be reviewed, including the need to determine whether a second emergency department is required in the mid-west. The Minister will announce a wider review and a HIQA review of emergency care in Limerick. I will leave it at that at this stage.

If the scheme started last year, books were purchased by schools on behalf of pupils. As those in first year move on to second year, schools do not have to buy an entire supply of first year books again. That is the case across the country. The idea is to retain a lot of books for the next year, keep them in working condition and so on. I suspect and surmise that is the context for the figures the Deputy has presented. It is not a cut. In fact, as the Deputy knows, the scheme is being expanded to junior certificate…

Fiche nóiméad?

Idir an Taoiseach agus mé féin?

An bhfuil tusa ag labhairt?

I will go ahead. Táimid á roinnt.

This debate is an opportunity for us to step away from the day-to-day arguments that dominate our discussions in Europe and a challenge to each of us to reflect on the overall importance of the European Union to promoting or sovereignty, culture and economy. By every significant measure, membership of the European Union is essential for Ireland. Membership not only matters for Ireland but also delivers for Ireland. The greatest beneficiaries by far have been communities and workers throughout our country who have a…

I dtús báire, déanaim comhbhrón le Niamh. Is olc an scéal atá luaite agus soiléirithe ag an Teachta inniu. Níl a fhios agam féin faoi chás pearsanta Niamh ach níl aon amhras ach gur scéal uafásach ar fad atá ann. The Deputy's description and presentation of Niamh's horrific and traumatic journey through the emergency department in Galway is shocking. I do not have details of the individual case but, clearly, Niamh went through an extraordinarily traumatic and horrific journey from arrival at the emergency departmen…

I dtús báire, tá athrú ag tarlú.

Tá bunathrú ag tarlú sna hionaid éigeandála.

Tá níos mó daoine ag obair sna hionaid éigeandála anois ná mar a bhí bliain ó shin nó sa bhliain roimhe sin.

Is é sin fírinne an scéil.

Is é sin fírinne an scéil. Safe staffing in emergency departments has happened.

The Deputy knows that. It has been rolled out in every emergency department. There is also an obligation on everybody in this House. I have watched health budgets increase exponentially. In the past three to four years, the health budget has increased dramatically. I think it is up to €8 billion additional or whatever. That is no comfort to Niamh or to other patients but it places an obligation on everybody focused on health policy in terms of the allocation and reforms. Are we really getting outcomes and productiv…

That means in terms of hospital organisation-----

-----in terms of primary care, community care and acute setting, it needs a more rigorous analysis than simply saying more numbers will change things and resolve the issue; not necessarily is the point I am making.