-----victims of that poisonous group but here we are. He will not allow me to speak. There we are.

Yes.

Is that right?

No, I will not be withdrawing them.

Absolutely.

She can do so every day if she likes.

I thank the Cathaoirleach very much and he might give me a few extra seconds.

I want to raise several issues that relate to my village of Castleconnell. The first is the really good news yesterday that Nelson's Cross junction on the R525 will get a table top service. This has been the scene of many accidents over many years. I do not normally raise local issues but I am doing so because this came about as a result of a concerted campaign by locals. Hundreds of signatures were handed in to the Department of Transport. I was privileged to hand in those signatures last month. It shows the resul…

There could be some divine intervention.

I put on the record Sinn Féin’s support for both amendments Nos. 1 and 2.

I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will make a couple of brief points related to the section and the amendments that were ruled out of order. We are disappointed, especially given that miscellaneous provisions were added to the Bill. We are a little puzzled why amendment No. 3 was ruled out of order. My colleague, Senator Boylan-----

That is fine. On the section, we are disappointed that the opportunity was not taken to address lacunae in the laws relating to the issue of dogs and safety, in addition to the ability of the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to home dogs, which is something we always support. This Bill was initially to deal with fur farming. We believed section 4 was the ideal place to address the issue of compensation for workers in the industry. It seems particularly disappointing a limitation is now being …

Well said.

Come on board.

Well said.

I am sure the Minister of State is struck at the unanimity across the Chamber on the issue of compensation. I am not filled with confidence when she says that the Department is still looking at the issue of compensation because that does not tell us very much. I have a direct question for her. Does she think two weeks per year of service is adequate redundancy for these workers? I am pretty clear that no one else does. It would be good to get a response on that. If she acknowledges that it is not adequate, as every…

As we are still dealing with section 4, I want to respond to the point the Minister of State made. I welcome the fact that she mentioned that she plans to bring in dog-related amendments in further legislation. When does she plan to do that and what legislation will they be part of?

I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: " "authorised trade union" means a trade union which holds a negotiation licence under the Trade Union Acts 1941 to 1990;". The Minister is very welcome. I thank him for taking the time to attend. I am really pleased to be able to move to Committee Stage of the Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021. While Sinn Féin is very proud to be supporting it, I must stress the cross-party nature of the campaign behind it…

I will be brief. I thank the Minister for his response and for again being very clear on the fact that we need to legislate and that we will do so. That is a very important measure and I want to acknowledge it. However, I am concerned. To be clear, my concern does not relate to the Minister. He has been very consistent in his messaging on this matter from day one. I am concerned that, as recently as last August, his Department was saying there was no need for this Bill. I am concerned because we are now four years …

The Senator needs to withdraw that.