The Minister announced the scheme in the budget in respect of companies in trade. He did not deal directly with the professions. There has to be an approach to this that is proportionate and so on. We are open to engaging with various different sectors, but the funding has to be targeted at those most in need to protect as many jobs as possible. However, there are also implications for services as well.

That is a fair point. Sometimes we make policy that is positive and popular and has the desired outcome in increasing the use of public transport. If we were to consider every eventuality, however, we would never make a decision in the first place. I make that as a general point. The NTA should make very quick decisions in terms of additionality. The capital is there to buy buses and to put additional services in place.

I will engage with the Minister for Finance on that and ask him to check it out. I am not familiar with the individual case of property owned by NAMA, but I will certainly follow it up.

Overall I would favour more modular housing as another form of house building that would help with the overall housing supply. We need to broaden the types of houses we build to accommodate people. These are good quality houses.

The modular houses that are being built cost up to €360,000. They are good quality houses that can last about 50 years. In the UK modular homes are being built.

I have no issue with that. We need more supply. I am with the Deputy on that.

I do not know the background to the entire case other than to say that such a development has a chilling effect on public debate and on democracy. Of that there is no doubt. When the national broadcaster is sued by any organisation of considerable clout and heft, obviously the national broadcaster is taking a cautious position here and because of the fear of being sued will not broadcast the interview. That is something that demands greater transparency and explanation. I found it intriguing that apparently a polit…

I am correct insofar as it got to listen to it, but why RTÉ decided not to broadcast is a matter that needs explanation.

I would suggest RTÉ.

It is all ahead of us.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, together. My Department received the report of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, commission of investigation on the Siteserv transaction on 29 July 2022. I arranged for it to be published and laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 7 September 2022, following consultation with the Attorney General. The commission's report is more than 1,500 pages long and goes through all aspects of the Siteserv transaction in an extraordinary level of detail as wel…

In the first instance, the commission of inquiry is in itself a form of holding people to account. The background in Ireland is that we have a written Constitution. People have legal rights and there is the presumption of innocence and so forth, which creates a legal context, which it seems to me makes all forms of inquiry very difficult. I make that general point. Deputy Bacik is more versed in the law than most here. That is a fundamental problem we have. Going back over the years, sometimes we have managed fairl…

I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 to 16, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change oversees the implementation of the ambitious programme for Government commitments in respect of the environment and climate change. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 sets out Ireland's key climate change commitments. It sets challenging carbon reduction targets for the period to 2030 and a statutory commitment to achieving a climate-neutral economy by 2050. Foll…

In response to Deputy Bríd Smith, there is a dilemma here. In the first instance, the response to climate change must be global. It has to involve all the states insofar as that is possible. That includes Egypt and many other states whose political systems or systems of governance are obviously not what we would be happy with. Through the European Union, we consistently raise issues of human rights in respect of what happens in Egypt and, indeed, other countries within the Middle East, as well as across Asia and Af…

I did not decide on its location.

It has been decided; I am not going to change that.

The issue for us is whether we attend. That seems to be what the Deputy raised. We have to have a voice on the climate issue. We made significant contributions at COP26, as did the European Union. If anything, the European Union and United States led the charge on climate at COP26. Together with Japan and other countries, there is now potential that we can get better outcomes. I refer to Canada, in other words. There was a strong convergence of states but we need others. We need to convince others-----

-----and not just within Europe. We need to convert those outside of Europe as well and persuade them towards this agenda. Deputy Cullinane raised the issue of solar panels. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, announced good moves recently around planning around schools and houses and so on. Basically, we want to make it as fast as we possibly can in terms of the planning process. The delivery of measures around climate and particularly solar is too long across the board. I will talk to the Minister in respect of…

The point is that we will need offshore wind.

The European Commission made a call on this as well, by the way. It is looking at a planning instrument to say the overriding public interest demands that we provide offshore wind.