Thumbs up.

It will not be forgotten.

You said that.

You have.

My constituency of Dublin South Central has one of the highest percentages of residents with a disability. We know that households with a disabled member are more likely to be in poverty. Several communities here are chronically disadvantaged and children can be seen minding parents, especially in cases of mental health issues and addiction, which sadly often go hand in hand. In my previous role as a community nurse, I remember visiting a patient in Crumlin. I was introduced to his 11-year-old son, Declan. I witnes…

That is embarrassing.

I have not spoken.

Hear, hear.

Well said.

That would be deadly.

We are very bold. We are sorry.

We are extremely sorry for annoying people.

I should express deep sorrow at being an upstart and upsetting the men in the Chamber but, let us remember, well-behaved women are rarely heard or achieve equality. I enjoy acknowledging women’s day but I am a bit of a begrudger at times. I love to celebrate and enjoy our sisters, daughters, mothers, aunties, nieces and gal-pals every day of the year, and I enjoy the recognition of this one day of 365, but I am also quite weary. I am weary because little seems to improve. Given the current general political atmosph…

It is neofascism across the world. Does the Deputy not think the world has become-----

You do if you want to. I think we know who we are talking about. I will talk about them later on, if the Deputy does not mind. Please do not interrupt me. We remain underpaid in the office and we are not promoted at the same rate as our superior male colleagues, but we are expected to nimbly step through society’s carefully choreographed dance routine of what a woman should and should not be. Saying the words proclaiming that you want to work towards equality is not the same as working towards equality or enacting …

I am sorry Deputy Lahart has left the Chamber. He took it up that I meant in this Chamber but had he listened to what I had said, it would not have been-----

If anything-----

-----he should apologise. Is there nothing there? No, okay.

The Dublin South Central constituency encompasses densely populated areas in the south-west inner city, including suburban areas like Crumlin, Inchicore and Walkinstown. I have witnessed an increase in significant antisocial behaviour, ubiquitous drug dealing and violent crime. Community policing and youth diversions under Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael's stewardship have been minimal. We are now reaping the fruits of the laissez-faire attitude that every part of Dublin and area across the country are safe. Following th…

Níl ach beagán Gaeilge agam ach leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh. Tá an-áthas orm tacú leis an rún seo. Is le gach páiste an Ghaeilge. Ba chóir go mbeadh gach páiste in ann freastal ar Ghaelscoil. Faraor, i mo cheantar féin, níl Gaelscoil ar fáil i mBaile Átha Cliath 10 agus 12, nó Gaelcholáiste ar bith i mBaile Átha Cliath 2, 4, 6 nó 8. Go raibh maith agaibh to those campaigners atá sa Ghailearaí inniu. Well done to them. I will continue as Béarla anois. There are no school buses for students in my area, who have no local …