I will talk to the Garda, get a report and get back to the Deputy.

I am unsure. Is the Deputy saying she supports this but she wants to make sure services are in place?

Apologies. I will check out what the position is. There should, of course, be consultation and engagement between the local authorities and their representatives. I am not aware of the specific proposal to which the Deputy referred. We have built modular homes in different locations across the country and, by and large, it has gone fine. There has been no issue and it has worked out okay, particularly in terms of the Ukrainian population in certain locations.

Every agency of the State should be cognisant and conscious of the need to align with overall Government policy on disability access. There may be operational issues in terms of adjusting every single bus in the fleet right now. I would have to check all that out. I do not want to make commitments in advance but I am very clear that there should be a legal and legislative framework governing all of this in terms of access to our public transport system for people in wheelchairs and for people with disabilities more…

Boliden Tara is officially on board as a client company of Enterprise Ireland. The latter is liaising with the company on energy and productivity supports that can assist with a sustainable reopening. The Government is very committed to a sustainable reopening because of the impact Tara Mines has on the wider region. It generates about €75 million in annual economic activity in the local community. That is very important. In addition, zinc plays a critical role in enabling green technologies such as solar and wind.…

That is an interesting question to which I do not have an immediate answer. There is an issue in this regard. We have provided financial supports to An Post to support post offices. Increasingly, it is becoming an issue that a postmaster exits and there is no subsequent take-up. I will talk to the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, who has been working with the postmaster organisations, and put Deputy Lahart's suggestion to him.

We should never look a gift horse in the mouth. I would distinguish between the two. We have to go ahead with the solar element, but the Deputy’s point was well made, in that the repairs have to happen as well. The Minister is in discussions. Year on year, we now have the highest capital allocation to education as well as a growing population, but the school in question clearly needs emergency works. I will speak to the Minister about the matter. We have to keep going with the solar element, too.

The Government is working on a national adaptation plan. With UCC, Cork County Council has concluded a major survey of the entire coast of Cork to understand the vulnerabilities. There are other vulnerabilities, as I understand it, underneath Midleton. We have to more proactively develop sea protection mechanisms to cope with rising sea levels. I have argued publicly that we have to accord the same priority to adaptation as to addressing climate change itself. Climate change is happening. Storm Babet was a clear ex…

I saw some of the videos of people trying to navigate their way out of shops. It was quite frightening, and that was with the tide out and very little warning.

Regarding Deputy Cahill's question, the European Parliament passed the restoration of nature law this week, but there are lots of procedures and phased approaches to its implementation. We first need to read it and understand what is going to happen next year, the year after, in five years and in ten years. The Government had two reports this week on inland fisheries in terms of removing barriers, dealing with weirs and fish passes, etc., which will benefit anglers. The Minister, Deputy O’Brien, brought the matter …

Fair enough, but I thought the defect scheme lay with the Minister, Deputy O’Brien.

Deputy McAuliffe’s adherence to the rules is commendable.

The only point I would make in response to Deputy Tully is that it is important that the organisations in question and their employees get funded. They are not HSE organisations, which perhaps explains why the HSE is outsourcing it. There is a tendency for us to micromanage every agency in the country. The HSE is not every agency, and do not get me wrong on that, but we appoint boards and CEOs are appointed. This House has to achieve a balance in how much it micromanages every agency in terms of who gets severance …

-----for the efficiency and timeliness of their employees getting paid. I question whether we should micromanage every single decision that a CEO or board makes. The HSE has a board. That board’s members are appointed and they are accountable to the House eventually and they appear before the various committees. My comments are not targeted at Deputy Tully. There is just a general trend now for us to get embroiled in every decision that boards and agencies make. Either the State runs them directly or-----

I am not so sure about that. The Deputy should be careful what she wishes for. The agencies were created for various reasons. Sometimes, it was to give them greater autonomy to get things done. Perhaps the Deputy and I will speak again some time.

Ar dtús báire, ní aontaím in aon chor leis an Teachta Dála. Níl aon amhras ach go bhfuil dul chun cinn le feiscint ó thaobh cúrsaí tithíochta sa tír seo. Gan amhras, is í seo an fhadhb is mó atá againn sa tír faoi láthair. Is í an aidhm is mó atá ag an Rialtas ná níos mó tithe a thógáil agus a chruthú agus níos mó cabhair agus tacaíocht a thabhairt do dhaoine atá ag iarraidh a gcéad teach a cheannach. Tá figiúirí ann a léiríonn go bhfuil an-chuid scéimeanna agus áiseanna ann anois chun cabhair agus tacaíocht a thab…

The reason I say that is that, of course, the Deputy did not wish to highlight that between 2022 and 2023 up to 22,000 social houses have been delivered by this Government. This is a record high, and about 26,000 more social homes are in the pipeline. On the affordable aspect, the Deputy spoke about change. Sinn Féin's change would be a change for the worse. Why do I say this? It is because in the alternative Sinn Féin budget, which was published, it was proposed to abolish the help-to-buy scheme, which has support…

-----the first homes scheme and key supports for first-time buyers in this country who want to own their own homes.

Where the hell is Sinn Féin's plan? It has produced nothing in four years other than three pages on housing in a 52-page budget document. Where is Sinn Féin's plan? The Deputy is all sound, noise and fury with no substance on any of this. Some 33,000 houses were built last year, which is in excess of the target set in Housing for All. In 2022 it was 29,500, in excess of the target set in Housing for All.

The targets are being exceeded. The Deputy has a responsibility. We understand that housing is the biggest issue facing families across this country. We have never hidden that reality. Our population is increasing and there are challenges out there. However, the supports we put in place are enabling young people to buy houses in this country at levels that were not seen before. We want to do more, of course, we do. The Deputy has not responded to the assertions that I have made.