I invite you to go back over the blacks, as we say, of this exchange. I challenge you to go back and find the sentence-----

No, I am sorry-----

Deputy, I did not interrupt you.

What I am trying to say, Deputy-----

I am saying the Deputy made a false assertion that I said-----

Will the Deputy let me reply, please?

The Deputy said that I said he should not have raised it. I did not say that.

I did not say that at all.

No, I did not. Go and check it.

On the medical card for Ukrainians, that is means-tested after nine months of being in the country. There is a rent-a-room scheme for €14,000 tax-free earnings already in place for Kerry people and everybody. The line that people cannot compete with €800 per month does not tally with me because that €800 is not for properties in the rental market but for people who decided, of their own free will, if they had a spare property, to make it available to a Ukrainian family because they were fleeing war. People made tha…

That €800 per month is not comparable to any rent anywhere.

It is a helping hand to those who generously gave up their properties.

I thank the Deputy for raising the question. I have asked my officials to examine the issue. Yes, I am minded to respond to the Member of Parliament in respect of the correspondence I received. The Deputy will recall that the Government has already taken an inter-state case against the British Government in respect of the legacy legislation, which has created its own challenges. We are always mindful of relationships between the two Governments and the need to keep them on an even keel, notwithstanding differences …

It will deal with settlers in the West Bank and not the ministers initially-----

I am answering the question. Last week I saw Deputy Gannon's tweet saying I was in the Chamber for only five minutes giving a speech. I was actually here for an hour and I made a submission.

It is a bit unfair of Deputy Gannon. It will apply to the settlers and particular settlers have already been identified at European Union level. If it does not happen at European Union level we will then consider doing it ourselves.

The Department of Transport has responded swiftly to alleviate the demand pressure by sanctioning the recruitment of 75 additional driver testers in March 2023. This is in addition to the 30 permanent testers who were previously sanctioned in July 2022. This brings the total number of sanctioned driver tester posts to 205, which is more than double the 100 sanctioned driver tester posts in June 2022. That said, as of 31 December the average estimated waiting time was 22.5 weeks, which is above the accepted service …

A total of 41 additional testers have joined the Road Safety Authority. There is ongoing work and the Minister is very conscious of it and we will continue to increase capacity.

It is working. The passport service worked exceptionally well last year in terms of issuing passports in very fast timelines and in terms of responding to emergency situations all of the time. I do not think Deputy Murphy's characterisation of the service is accurate here and now today. It might have been a year ago but it certainly is not today.

If Deputy Murphy can-----