Is it that they will not pay him the VAT?

First, I commend to Deputy's commitment to electric vehicles. I thank him for raising the issue. I will talk to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ryan, in terms of the working out of this. What the Deputy said makes sense. I will follow through on it.

I will come back to the Deputy on it.

I thank Deputy for raising this issue. I will certainly pursue it and will ask the Minister to do so. It would be very regrettable if an organisation that receives substantial funding from the State would renege on a WRC agreement, which seems to have materialised here, and it is an agreement reached some years back in respect of redundancy. I will certainly follow that up.

We will be broadly supportive but, as ever, we endeavour to try to shape directives as well. Every country is involved in negotiations and in the shaping of any directive that comes forward. Sometimes that gets misinterpreted but I will follow up on this matter for the Deputy and will bring further clarity on it for him.

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue and it is a very important one. Very serious issues arise from the use of the e-scooters and the safety of all concerned.

This is the case everywhere, and wherever they are used, issues arise. I am simply saying that the Bill is in the Seanad, where amendments have been tabled which will then go to the Parliamentary Counsel. It looks like the Bill will then come back to the Dáil, given that amendments are being tabled in the Seanad. We will all try to work collectively to see if we can get this through the House before the end of the term.

All reviews are kept under constant – sorry, all campaigns are kept under constant review.

On the live animals being back on St. Stephen’s Green, we will pay acute attention to the methodologies of that campaign. In a more serious vein, I think many good campaigns are on the way concerning climate change. We all in this House should be ambassadors for measures to deal with climate change. That is why I am glad Leinster House does not have as much manicured lawns as it once had. We could extend the wild garden element to Leinster lawn, all Government Buildings and so on. There is much more we have to do a…

Deputy Ó Murchú raised the issues of disinformation and hate. He identified shocking examples and the Minister has published hate legislation designed to go after people who do horrendous acts like that. There is no toleration of that. On Deputy Mairéad Farrell's issue, I was not quite sure of the legislative response. She referred to fraud on a Revolut account and asked who someone could contact. There is an issue and the banking review published today deals with new technology banking companies, as well as the no…

There will be. The Deputy gave the impression there was no news about anything but there is.

I assure the Deputy there has been. I know she met the families. All the Deputies have been involved and the Minister of State went down and met with them. Deputy Costello raised apartment defects in general. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage was here earlier and answered a question from Deputy Boyd Barrett on it. He says he wants to bring to Government by the end of the year options following on the report and how we propose to deal with that. Deputy Tóibín referred to ambulance protocols. Th…

It is very serious. We cannot second-guess clinical advice on these matters. We all need to be collectively careful.

I knew there were six. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle said six..

I wanted to end in paradise. The issue related to business schemes and SMEs in small towns. We are very conscious of that. We did not bring people through Covid with a view to having people in trouble. The temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS, to help businesses with energy costs will be introduced before the end of the year. We need to see how that lands and what the experience is on the ground with a view to keeping it under review. We will be keeping an eye on the impact of the energy crisis on small …

I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the charging in accordance with the Act of certain fees, being fees for the granting or renewal of employment permits, for the purpose of permitting persons who require such permits to be in employment in the State.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. I participated in the world leaders summit at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, COP27, in Sharm el-Sheikh on 7 and 8 November. On 8 November, I delivered Ireland's national statement to the plenary session, taking the opportunity to set out Ireland's climate ambition and the Government's commitment to supporting vulnerable countries which, despite having contributed least to climate change, are bearing the brunt of its imp…

Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan raised the issue of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. It is my understanding that it made a recommendation for a referendum. I have not yet received a full report but I look forward to receiving the report from the citizens’ assembly. We will give consideration and examination to all the recommendations. In the first instance, my main focus is on actions now to dramatically improve our performance in biodiversity. Already, the Government has radically changed the landscape, …

We are now reducing for example our dependency on Russian oil and gas, because of the invasion of Ukraine-----

-----which is a significant reduction. In terms of Deputy Bríd Smith’s points, I do not think that people should go on hunger and thirst strike. It is very damaging to them. Advocacy and raising issues is the preferable way to go in respect of the climate issue. As I said, we endeavour to shape all directives that come before the European Union in order that good legislation emerges from Europe. We are participants in that debate. It is not a question of passive acceptance of anything that comes through the Commiss…