-----facilitate a resolution of this particular issue.

I cannot get involved in every individual issue but I take the Deputy's point.

My understanding is that the Department of Transport is aware that Dublin Airport is facing significant car parking challenges on foot of the temporary closure of a privately owned long-stay car park, QuickPark, and that there is potential for that to have a very significant impact on passengers over the coming summer peak period. The numbers travelling overseas for holidays and various other activities are back to what they were prior to Covid, so there is a very buoyant situation in aviation again. It has been re…

I do not have the precise figures here, but my understanding is that 11 out of 19 maternity hospitals are providing services. The Minister has been informed by the HSE that that number will increase significantly, certainly by the autumn. If a referendum is passed and a law is passed by the Oireachtas, State agencies have to adhere to the law. That is my view. It is very basic. Every effort should be made to make sure that our hospitals, in particular, adhere to the law of the land.

From time to time we have very creative diplomacy in terms of exchanges, learning of expertise and so on. The next thing could be a parliamentary trip to Disneyland. It could be cross-party.

We might get very valuable insights into how things operate. It has been a long time since I have been in Disneyland, so opportunity beckons.

In a more serious vein, I think the broader issue of crime which the Deputy introduces-----

A very significant resource allocation has been made to recruit a thousand more gardaí. That will continue year on year, and applications have been received and so on in that respect.

I would have to get the context of the visit to Disneyland to understand the full policy wraparound as to why gardaí are there.

Disneyland set me off.

Last year we announced about €1.1 billion in tax cuts and about €6 billion in additional public expenditure in respect of a whole range of services. Shortly before the summer recess, in the summer economic statement we will give the financial envelopes as to how much more we can spend on services and how much we can do as regards taxation. That taxation will take many forms. It is not just one form of taxation. We are committed to having a taxation package for the rental sector to make sure that more people continu…

-----and lead to investment flowing out of the country. His model is to kill enterprise. That seems to be his view.

The Deputy raises a very important issue, given that we have virtual full employment in this country, so the economic model the Government has been pursuing is working in respect of employment. We have never had more people working in the economy since surveys began in 1998. We have more than 2.6 million people now working in the economy. About 40,000 work permits were issued last year but there is a need for a review, particularly of the occupational lists. That is to commence next month, in June. We have to consi…

Coming into government, this was an issue I was very focused on and concerned about to improve the situation for those in community employment schemes and the sector. We have made progress, as the Deputy outlined. There are ongoing issues. Obviously, it will fall to the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to resolve them through engagement. That is a process we will engage in.

As the Deputy knows, there is a rehabilitation service within Cork University Hospital. There are unacceptable waiting times for rehabilitation and access to Dún Laoghaire. The greater number of services and greater degree of rehabilitation that we could provide in the regions under national clinical guidance would be welcome. The HSE should be in a position to provide clarity in respect of these. That is its role; it is not for the Minister for Health or Tánaiste to decide what should happen in every hospital, but…

Is Deputy McNamara advancing him as a candidate?

I note the endorsement by Deputy McNamara. The legislation will be published in June. That is a demonstration of the seriousness with which this will be taken. Obviously, arrangements will have to be made for the election and so on.

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I will certainly talk to the Minister for Education to ensure there will be a positive response to the school's application. The funding has been provided in terms of the rapid acceleration of special schools. I will certainly talk to the Minister in respect of the issue the Deputy has raised.

The primary responsibility lies with the city council. The Government has provided enormous resources for regeneration. There is a balance to be struck in respect of leaving flats empty when there is great pressure to accommodate people. To be fair to the council, allocating flats to people does not necessarily mean regeneration is postponed. I would like to see the full context of the decision taken by the council, but there is lots of funding available for regeneration.

I did not quite get the connection between ASD units, primary schools and the-----