I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I think, if she does not mind me saying, that she has performed a good public service in having the issue brought to the floor of this House during Leaders' Questions. It gives the issue the attention and profile that it, without question, deserves and justifies. In 2021, Tusla implemented a child exploitation procedure in partnership with An Garda Síochána. There is a strong partnership between Tusla and An Garda Síochána. A joint working protocol between Tusla and An Gard…

First of all, I condemn the petrol bomb attack on that family home in Onslow in Cork, and also the shootings. These are reprehensible actions. I pay tribute to An Garda Síochána in Cork and to the force for the work it does and continues to do to protect citizens in Cork. Cork is a very attractive city, particularly during the Christmas period. The city centre in particular enjoys a bustling civic life-----

-----and that needs to be said as well. Without question, the issue of garda recruitment is one that is accelerating with the numbers coming in every 11 weeks now.

Sorry, these gardaí are coming into training and that is the key issue. Increasing numbers are being recruited through Templemore and the issue then is the allocation-----

-----of those gardaí. The numbers are approaching 200 recruits going to Templemore every 11 weeks, so the numbers are increasing very significantly through the pipeline. Yes, we need to get more gardaí to Cork and other jurisdictions.

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. It is a progressive piece of legislation. I will talk to the relevant Ministers to see if we can be responsive to her initiative and to see how we can progress this. As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister has announced funding for the first time ever for IVF and we are positively disposed to other initiatives on this front.

First of all, there have been record numbers of social housing provided in the last two years because of Government capital allocation and funding. As I said earlier, approximately 30,000 social homes have been delivered since we came to office and a further 22,000 are at design, tender or delivery stage. Therefore, there has been very substantial provision on the social housing front. Indeed, 2,500 tenant in situ purchases are in train as we speak, which prevents homelessness. Substantial numbers of people have be…

Approximately 713 households were prevented from entering emergency accommodation by way of a tenancy being created. I apologise that I did not have enough time to go through it all.

There has, without question, been an exponential increase in funding towards childcare and a reduction in cost for parents in particular. There was a 25% reduction last year and by the end of this year, there will be a further 25% reduction. I am not familiar with the details of the individual case the Deputy raises regarding a Discoveries crèche. I will talk to the Minister for children in this respect and will ask him to engage with the Deputy on the details of that particular case.

I am not sure I can add anything further to what the Minister said to the Deputy last month, but I will engage again. We need a scheme but I have no doubt that there are significant implications and complications involved in the design of any such scheme. I am of the view that such a scheme should come through.

First of all, I commend Councillor Micheál Anglim-----

-----who has worked with the local community to advance this issue very significantly-----

-----with the result that progress has been made on the report of the commission and the optimal approach to dealing with this issue, which is the construction of a proper-----

-----bridge there. A lot of progress has been made, and I spoke recently again to Councillor Micheál Anglim about this.

I have spoken to the Minister, and our objective is to get this done.

I welcome the Deputy's raising of this. In fact, he has just outlined an initiative I took as Minister for health in 2000, the establishment of PHECC-----

I am talking about then. That was a new development and departure then in terms of professionalisation of first responders. What the Deputy is now asking actually illustrates the progression that has been made over the years. I will talk to the Minister about the research he has outlined. It is very positive, and anything he has suggested that can be done, I think, would be very positive. I will talk to the Minister about the matter.

Indeed. As Taoiseach, I was very anxious that those measures would be included in that Bill. I think we can all see, even today and in recent events, the degree to which social media can be distorted with very false information, as we have seen only this week in respect of certain issues arising out of the rioting last Thursday in terms of identification of people and so on. I have just seen clarification statements today. It is quite shocking how such false news can be propagated so quickly. If that happens in the…

I thank the Deputy for raising these issues. Very significant additional resources have been allocated under the health services to-----

Yes they have. A whole range of measures have been taken in terms of access to health services. I do not have the details but I can forward them to the Deputy in respect of the measures that have already been taken. As regards the Estimates every year, the evidence is there of the contingency funds we have had for the past two years in respect of these issues, particularly as regards Ukrainians' access to healthcare and as regards IP applicants, notwithstanding the challenges in some rural communities. Prior to any…