He did invite the interruption.

Give us the number.

Well said.

A few weeks ago, an Seanadóir Michael McDowell in his regular column in The Irish Times put a focus on the changing face of politics on this island, in particular, the far-reaching changes that are taking place in the North. Although I disagree with much of what the Seanadóir wrote, I commend him on regularly writing about the North, the debate about constitutional change and, indeed, his preference for a republican Government within the EU rather an island divided between the Republic and the United Kingdom. Perha…

Did the Israeli ambassador ask the Senator to say that when he was smiling with her? Senator Craughwell is a disgrace.

I know, but that picture of Senator Craughwell with the Israeli ambassador was a disgrace and he should be ashamed of himself.

He has had something published and we are excited for him.

Exactly.

You are pathetic.

I welcome our colleagues from Together for Safety to the Chamber. I am clear, as I have said on many occasions, that without Together for Safety we would not be here today. I give them all credit for their campaigning. I also give credit to everyone in this Chamber who united behind our Bill, which was a Together for Safety Bill, and I want to give credit to the Minister for following through on this particularly important legislation. On the amendments being considered today, it is important that we remember what …

I will respond briefly to the debate so far. I promise that I will be brief. First, on the issue of the higher education campuses, the fact is that under this legislation there is no campus where any such debate that Senator Mullen wants to take place cannot take place. It does not prevent that in any way. What it does is prevent anyone wishing to approach a centre for private healthcare from being harassed. The second key point is that, unlike normal public order legislation, which responds when something happens,…

I do not know about that.

Really?

We do not need the Senator to defend us.

The Minister of State is very welcome, as always. The current employment permits system is designed to enable appropriately skilled non-EEA migrants to fill vacancies that cannot be filled from within the State. I appreciate that this Bill is challenging, technical and lengthy, and I also appreciate the engagement the Minister of State and his officials have had with the office of my colleague, Deputy Louise O'Reilly, to date. Our employment permits legislation does need modernising and Sinn Féin wants to see legis…

Well said.

It is always good to see the Minister of State. I thank him for coming in. I will start by quoting his colleague, the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment, Deputy Coveney, in response to a question from Deputy O'Reilly last November with regard to the platform economy. The Minister said that "Ireland has robust mechanisms for the determination of the employment status and the Government is committed to tackling false self-employment wherever it occurs." Last night, I wandered up Camden Street, which is just…

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I will be clear because the history of this is important. One of the key aims of the original directive was that the EU Council would push for a position in which workers would be legally presumed to be employed. That position was watered down and the Government supported the watering down. That is the key point I am making. On the determination of whether someone is self-employed or employed, it is frankly not adequate. The evidence that it is not adequate can be see…

What about the New York model?

Regrettably, I have to raise the issue of University Hospital Limerick, UHL, once again. I again emphasise the importance of the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, coming to the House for a debate on the issue. The Leader will be aware that another young woman, a 16-year-old, lost her life this week in the most horrendous circumstances. It would not be appropriate for me to go into the circumstances of the case, but they have been well documented. One of the things that really bothers me about UHL is that there …