Centres of excellence were opposed the length and breadth of the country at the time but have resulted in greater survival rates for the vast majority of cancers. We need balance in the debate. I appeal to the Deputy for that balance.

The Deputy brought it back to the march.

It is about having an honest, frank discussion and consultation between all involved about the right care for patients at the right time. Patients and their families want the best outcomes. What is the best location for that? The Minister has made clear that there will not be a change to the service provided at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, until such time as the HSE can establish that Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Connolly Hospital have the extra capacity to deal with the inevitable increase in presenti…

There have been significant improvements in Navan hospital. The State wants to invest in Navan. There has been an increase in employment in the hospital and of the day surgery capacity. As the Deputy knows, a second theatre has been completed, which will increase capacity from around 2,500 elective surgical procedures each year to 5,000 procedures. A day ward, an expanded recovery room, a new laboratory, a new rehabilitation unit and a new psychiatric day ward have all-----

-----been completed in Navan recently.

The future development plans include a new rheumatology day centre and a new endoscopy suite with four endoscopy rooms.

There are also plans to spend €1.3 million on upgrades to the medical assessment unit and local injuries unit.

That is important for the people of the region.

There is significant investment, which will continue.

I have already outlined that the Government is going to intervene in a cost-of-living package and in the budget in two weeks' time-----

-----in respect of the energy crisis. There are two debates. The Dáil is meeting at 2 p.m. today and will meet tomorrow. There are two Private Member's debates on energy, each of which I believe is of two hours' duration. There are plenty of opportunities for Deputies to articulate their views and for the Government to respond with regard to energy measures. There is debate-----

There is a debate this week on energy. The Deputy has called for a debate on energy and there is a debate on energy this week. There are two debates.

We have also just had Leaders' Questions, which were almost predominantly on energy. Three out of the four leaders raised the issue of energy, quite correctly, given the scale of the crisis. I have no issue with that. Therefore, I do not believe it is fair to try to suggest we are not debating it or discussing it in the two days we have allocated this week.

On Deputy Boyd Barrett's points, again, we have two days to get things done. We can certainly-----

Hold on, please. We can certainly look at considering time and allocating-----

I have always facilitated Deputy Boyd Barrett in terms of debates.

I always have. We have had plenty of debates.

First of all, as the Deputy has said, the European Central Bank is independent and, because of inflation, it is taking its measures and making decisions independently to get inflation down. I know from the CSO figures released today that the number of first-time buyers is up this year as against last year. There has been quite an interesting increase in first-time buyers, and that is because of the help to buy scheme and the first-time owner's scheme the Minister has brought in. We have good measures to help young …

As the Deputy knows, we cut public transport fares last year by 20% and we introduced a 50% cut in fares for young people. Prior to this September we decided to waive school transport fees for the public, which caused difficulties because more people applied for places than ever before, but it meant getting more people out of cars and onto public transport. The Government is not disagreeing with the principle of what Deputy Bacik is suggesting but we have to be mindful of the practicalities. In respect of the forth…

First, I have given priority to special education. I met representatives of FUSS Ireland last Saturday. I met a range of disability groups last Saturday, mainly involved on the health side. There was a very significant focus on the progressing disability services, PDS, programme and its implementation and application. I have had issues with that myself. There was a series of meetings involving the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Rabbitte, the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, the Minister …