No, there is no decision on that. No one has considered it. From time to time, in terms of a broader issue, there has been talk about it, and I have suggested the convening of a citizens' assembly if people want to discuss the wide-ranging nature of that, but "No" is the answer.

The Government became concerned that Limerick had won too many All-Ireland Championships and decided to slow this down. I say that in jest. It is getting priority drafting and as soon as the legislation is published, we will be in a position to give a timeline. We are very keen on fulfilling the wishes of the people of Limerick as expressed in that plebiscite.

The full discussion on this will take place when the Bill is published but I stated earlier that, specifically, the Bill will defer certain notices of termination served on tenants for the period beginning on the day after the passing of the legislation and ending on 31 March. I could not be clearer.

The Deputy and everyone else knows the legislation has to be passed, for God's sake.

That is a straight answer.

I did not say that.

I have a similar sentiment as the Deputy has. You are felon-setting, Deputy. That is what you are doing.

You are felon-setting.

To be fair, the Deputy's party put forward the idea very strongly that there should be a concrete levy. Sinn Féin finance spokesperson, Deputy Doherty, in welcoming the budget, did say "I welcome the concrete levy at 10%."

He was very clear on that and I am sure that he got very strong advice from his party and its very strong research team on that.

Of course, we have received advice on that and as far as we are concerned, the details of this will be fleshed out. The honest position, as the Deputy knows and if the party he represents would be equally honest with the public, is that any levy can find its way to the finished price, although not in all circumstances and there is no point in doing Jesuitical stuff and saying if one applies to this or that within an industry. There are amending measures now and what has originally been proposed will be amended and …

The Minister for Social Protection has increased resources, is increasing and will continue to increase resources in respect of the additional needs payments. I am also anxious to get the timelines improved and we discussed that this morning. The Minister for Social Protection is also anxious that this issue is addressed because of the winter period we are entering. The Deputy may be interested that there have been thousands and thousands of additional applicants, which means that the scheme is responding.

The HSE’s performance management and improvement unit led an intensive engagement with UHL team members throughout the summer in response to concerns about how the hospital was functioning. Progress has been seen in recent weeks, including the removal of ward trolleys and an overall reduction in admitted patients waiting on trolleys. The Deloitte report, as the Deputy said, was commissioned by hospital management to carry out a review and that was published on 30 September. There is a bespoke site level plan for Li…

I thank the Deputy for raising what is a very important issue. Since 2013, the HSE has been developing a progressing-disability policy and programme. In latter years, because of increased resources, it has pursued that. They would argue that has led to what is a holistic, family-orientated model, but that it has diluted services in other areas, particularly in special schools. I have intervened and I have convened meetings of officials in the Departments of Education, Health, and Children, Equality, Disability, Int…

Again, I do not know whether the Deputy has spoken to the company, but we would certainly support the retention of the plant operatives and technicians. We cannot dictate to companies in terms of their employment operations or how they decide to do things, but there are the employment and labour mechanisms, be it the Workplace Relations Commission or otherwise, to try to resolve any issues. In the first instance, the Deputy is asking the company to reflect on and reverse its policy of outsourcing, as opposed to hav…

Deputy O'Reilly has raised this issue before. We would be anxious to defend the ERO and I agree with her on the importance of that and of EROs more generally. In response to Deputy McAuliffe in respect of those SCPs, that has been raised on the margins of the recent talks on Building Momentum and the replacement. We have to work to try to give a sustainable employment and career pathway for those involved in school completion, which is often the most important work in our education system, to enable young people to…

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 11, inclusive, together. The economic policy unit is part of the economic division of my Department. The unit supports me, as Taoiseach, in delivering sustainable and balanced economic growth and in advancing the Government's economic priorities. The unit also advises me on a broad range of economic policy areas and issues, and provides me with briefing and speech material on economic and related policy Issues. It supports the delivery of the Government's economic commitments a…

I said they would.

I will come back to the Deputy.

I thank the Deputies for raising these issues. First, the strategy that Deputy Boyd Barrett deploys every now and again is to say "Please give me a straight answer", immediately raising the prospect of the answer he got not being a straight answer when it was.