I am sickened by the way Deputy Boyd Barrett leads people up the hill all the time, pretending there are easy simplistic solutions when he knows in his heart-----

I will talk to the Deputy about the banks. The banks were not bailed out.

Shareholders in the banks were not bailed out. The State took equity. The shareholders were not bailed out. That is not a popular thing to say, but it is a fact. Deputy Boyd Barrett never wants to hear the facts because he lives in a fantasy economic wonderland. If his party ever got into power, thousands of jobs would migrate from this country. That is the reality. I said to Deputy Boyd Barrett that we would do everything we possibly could within the law. I accept that revenue and social protection is owed by the …

Otherwise, one would have a situation where company after company would start reneging on social protection.

That is to protect the Social Insurance Fund. Why is the Social Insurance Fund important? It is so that the State can pay €13 million in statutory redundancy to the Debenhams workers-----

-----and to other workers who become redundant. It is about time Deputy Boyd Barrett had a bit of honesty in his presentation on these issues rather than just playing to the gallery every single day and pretending there is a great, easy solution if only the Government would do what it can easily do.

Deputy Boyd Barrett knows full well that is not the case.

I take on board what the Deputy says and I will inquire further into it. As he is aware, there was a High Court judgment in 2019, which reaffirmed that commercial peat extraction, absent planning permission, constitutes unauthorised development and the onus is on operators to first regularise their past activity via the planning system. I do not say that necessarily applies here. Planning permission can then be secured before any recommencement of harvesting can take place. There are issues in terms of continuing t…

I take the point that the suspension of commercial peat extraction has implications for operators in the sector and for the horticultural sector.

I will see what can be done.

I have had many Zoom calls on many issues. In fairness, is it the Taoiseach's task to do every ring road in the country? We have a local authority, a Minister for Transport and a Minister of State at the Department of Transport, who is at the Cabinet table. We need to reflect on that. Am I now to actively-----

It is not too far away from Cork. The Deputy knows it has never been too far away from Cork.

We were a bit behind Tipperary this year. Cork has a great love affair with Tipperary. The Deputy knows that.

I take the Deputy's point. He will appreciate that things were hectic with Covid-19 and everything else. I will talk to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, and I will check out where the project is at.

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which is a very serious one. Other Deputies such as Deputy Cathal Crowe have raised it with me as well. I would like to discuss the matter further with the Deputy and other Deputies as well. I know the Minister has plans to support aviation in particular and the heritage sites and the evolution of the Shannon Group.

I will come back to the Deputy.

Do I get the sense that the Ceann Comhairle is heading into the festive season?

This is a new one on me and I have not had a case like that presented to me before. I will speak with the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, about it. The Deputy should build a relationship with the Minister, although I know they come from different perspectives in the climate change agenda.

They might inform each other of the different perspectives.

I am serious and the Deputy should engage with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, a bit more on such matters. In any event, I will check it out.