The Deputy is heckling and he is interrupting. I simply made a point----

No, I am not. Not at all. I simply made the point that a team was appointed by the HSE and it is reporting back to the HSE in respect of the challenges facing the mid-west, particularly University Hospital Limerick-----

-----where there has been very significant investment.

I thank Deputy for raising the issue. This scheme has been in effective operation since January 2021. It ensures patients have not lost important access to private providers in Northern Ireland following the cessation of the EU cross-border directive arising from Brexit. Using the latest data available from the HSE, more than 5,500 reimbursements have been made to persons in 2021 who have continued to access healthcare in Northern Ireland under either the cross-border directive transitional arrangements or the new …

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. Given the green credentials of the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, I have no doubt the LDA will be pursued. The LDA wants to deliver here-----

-----and we want to deliver as much housing as we can, as quickly as we possibly can. I will certainly articulate the Deputy’s perspective again to the Minister.

I would very much appreciate transparent answers from the Deputy’s good self-----

-----on his party’s fundraising activities over the past 20, 25 or 30 years. I do not think it would bear too much public scrutiny. Anything Fianna Fáil has raised over recent years has been within the law.

The Deputy welcomed and endorsed the 2020 scheme.

The Government has decided today to expand the scheme even further to include counties Clare and Limerick and to take on board the recommendations from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, SCSI. It is time to move on this. One day, the Deputy will come in here and attack the Government for delaying. The next day, he will come in and - let us be honest about it - refer to scenarios that could create-----

I am just saying this straight up because the Deputy needs to be honest with people too. He should not come back to me next December saying the Government has done nothing on this because the legislation still has not been passed by the House. I am open to progressing this. I want honesty and transparency in the legislative process.

The Deputy knows and I know what pre-legislative scrutiny means.

I am simply saying that the Minister is very clear in what he has said to the homeowners. When I went to County Donegal and met people, they were complaining about delays in getting houses rebuilt.

They wanted urgency in getting houses started. I understand 300 houses have been identified by Donegal County Council on which a start could be made. We need to get going, particularly on the houses that are most damaged and are not habitable at the moment. We need to get them demolished and rebuilt.

I genuinely think we need to get on with it.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, together. I met with the Ukrainian Prime Minister, Mr. Denys Shmyhal, in Shannon Airport on 20 April. He gave me a first-hand account of events on the ground in Ukraine, including, in particular, the appalling killings and destruction in Bucha and the continuing attacks on civilians and towns. The Prime Minister, who was on his way to discussions at the International Monetary Fund, IMF, in Washington, outlined Ukraine's urgent need for financial assistance, both t…

No.

Yes, but it was the Prime Minister I met and not the Deputy Prime Minister, before he continued on to Washington.

I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. I share with Deputy Bacik her horror at this war and the extraordinary inhumanity visited on the people of Ukraine. Towns have been levelled to oblivion almost in respect of buildings. Civilians have been targeted consistently. The Deputy also correctly identified a range of volunteer organisations and individuals that have been extremely supportive of the response here to the situation. Regarding Ukraine's application for membership of the EU, there has been proact…

Grain is not being allowed out of the ports. The strangulation of the ports by Russia is a significant problem. We support the provision of non-lethal weapons. That is the position of the Government. This has not held back the deployment of the EU Peace Facility, EPF. On the point made by Deputy Boyd Barrett concerning the IMF and the seeking of financial assistance, again, the IMF is there to support many countries in distress. Without it, many countries would have gone under a long time ago. I do not see the IMF …