Again, the Deputy is interrupting. I made it very clear that it was absolutely unacceptable for any local authority to try to interfere or editorially control any radio station or any newspaper by dint of the fact that it invests in advertising. That is wrong. SIPO has called that out, and----

-----I have made that very clear, but I do not know why the Deputy is trying to twist it and personalise it-----

-----in the manner she has done today, which is not good either.

Go bunúsach, aontaím leis an Teachta go bhfuil géarghá ann i bhfad níos mó a dhéanamh chomh tapa agus is féidir linn, agus é a dhéanamh níos tapúla, chun déileáil leis an ngéarchéim aeráide atá againn. Tá an dúshlán atá amach romhainn práinneach agus caithfimid i bhfad níos mó a dhéanamh níos tapúla. I agree with the Deputy that we have to move faster and we have to do an awful lot more in terms of climate change. I recently heard Mr. John Kerry, the US envoy, pointing out that world experts were saying that even i…

Every city and town in the country has to be a model of sustainability, especially Galway. I know there has been a fairly divisive row in Galway in respect of the ring road that has gone on for a long, long time. By the way, light rail and a proper road system are not mutually exclusive either. I do not know why park and ride has not happened in Galway. That is fundamentally a matter for the local authority.

Other cities have had them for a long, long time.

Yes, but there has to be a liaison with local authorities, sites have to be identified and routes have to be organised.

I do not understand why it has not happened in Galway. We will follow that up-----

-----with the local authority and the NTA. There should be a park-and-ride facility in a city like Galway. Other cities have park-and-ride facilities. They are not the full answer, but they are important. Above all, other cities have moved faster in terms of pedestrianisation and changing the nature of cities. We need to do that far faster.

I have made it clear that there is an enormous challenge ahead of us in climate change, which the EPA report identifies. We always made it clear as well that it would be the latter half of the decade before some of the decisions we have taken will bear fruit, including investments in a range of areas such as retrofitting, electric vehicles, EVs, and agricultural investments. The carbon tax revenue is building up very strongly, for example, and that is important to enable us to do the retrofitting, to implement fuel…

This is a matter of enormous difficulty and challenges for the people concerned and my empathy is with the workers who have been identified as being laid off, which is very tough on the workers concerned. Every effort has to be made and this is a huge shock to the staff. I am not familiar with the details the Deputy has announced about the selection methodology but if the Deputy wants to send me the detailed background information-----

I invite the Deputy to send me a detailed background note on it because sometimes things are said here and when I go back and check it is not always the case. I would welcome it if the Deputy could do that. What is important is that we do everything we possibly can for the workers who will be laid off. The State must immediately work with the workers to find alternative employment if possible. Given the fact that we have over 30,000 vacancies, hopefully we will be able to help the workers to get alternative employm…

I am glad that the Deputy acknowledged the work of Deputy Ó Cuív when he was Minister and when he brought in that scheme. He brought in a number of imaginative and creative schemes for rural Ireland. I was responsible for bringing in the six-year rule in its first form when I was Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to deal with people of a certain age who were coming off schemes and to exempt them from coming off schemes. That said, I understand that the Minister is looking at the six-year rule because I …

What I said related to offshore wind generation permitting systems. A recent analysis by the European Union estimated that it can take eight years from concept to get an offshore wind farm installed. The European Commission, in its REPowerEU plan, which was presented to the European Council yesterday, and in its communication to the Council, has said it is looking at introducing a regulation or framework that would enable national governments, with their local authorities, to fast-track their permitting systems, in…

That is the thinking of the Commission, which I agree with, in order to get things moving much faster. The guidelines to which the Deputy referred relate to onshore wind energy.

I met with people from Cancer Connect recently at the opening of the Cork ARC cancer support house. They are providing a fantastic service in the rural parts of Cork - west Cork, in particular - in terms of bringing people to services like the Cork ARC facility, with which the service has a strong connection. The Minister has heard the Deputy's eloquent plea. Additional resources have been allocated to the national cancer strategy. Within that overall fund and through the HSE locally, we will see whether we can giv…

I agree with the Deputy on the need to make sure the scenes that happened last weekend do not happen again. There is an onus on the DAA, as a semi-State company, to organise its human resources and to develop the capacities required to ensure what took place does not happen in the future. That certainly must be done in advance of next weekend. I know that the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, have been in discussions with the company, and will be every…

I assure the Deputy that the Government is doing everything it possibly can with the National Council for Special Education to find additional places and additional capacity in schools. We are looking at simplifying and clarifying the legislation in order to oblige all schools in the country to be inclusive and to make sure that their doors are open for applications from children with special needs. In tandem with that, Government will provide the requisite resources of both teachers and physical accommodation to m…

Could the Deputy repeat the last part?

This murder is a stain on Irish society. That someone who loved west Cork was murdered in such a brutal manner was greeted by shock and horror by the people of the country. It is not like a roller coaster in the sense that I believe the Garda takes the matter very seriously. We know that his case has attracted enormous attention. I do not get involved in prosecutions with the criminal justice system or with sending files to the DPP. That is a matter for the Garda. It is then a matter for the DPP to make an assessme…