It will not.

Look at your colleagues.

We have to, but the Government is not going to.

When Deputy Leo Varadkar was being proposed for Taoiseach earlier, Deputy Higgins compared him to Santa Claus. Dr. Maitiú Ó Tuathail, for one, agreed; he texted "Leo always delivers". However, the truth is the Christmas figure that Varadkar most resembles is not Santa, but Ebenezer Scrooge. Varadkar famously told The Irish Times that Tiny Tim should get a job. That sums up the cold-hearted Thatcherite ideology of Fine Gael. This will be a Government that puts the corporate landlords and big developers before those …

You are a denier-----

That was blatant change denial.

He says it is a con job one minute and then he says-----

On behalf of People Before Profit, I express our deepest condolences to the family, friends, community and comrades of Private Seán Rooney. They received the most horrific, shocking news about the death of their friend, family member or colleague. The whole country shares in their sorrow, stands with them and expresses solidarity with them at this difficult time, with the loss they are experiencing. Our thoughts are also with the soldiers who were injured, particularly Private Shane Kearney, who I understand is sti…

The powerful slogan taken on by the Iranian uprising against Iran's theocracy is: Woman, Life, Freedom. The call has also been used worldwide by those showing solidarity with activists in Iran who are fighting this brutal, oppressive regime. The revolt was provoked by the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by the religious morality police for wearing the compulsory hijab loosely. The crackdown and oppression by the regime in response has been incredible. Approximately 500 protestors have been…

It is very unfortunate we are here on the final normal day of the Dáil debating this issue without the proposal that is going to be brought to Cabinet just next week. Every time we have asked about this over the past number of months, we have been told the Minister is going to bring a proposal to Cabinet before Christmas. It is going to happen at literally the final meeting of the Cabinet before Christmas. I really hope it is just a coincidence that it just so happens to be a time when there is no Dáil sitting to d…

I move: "That Dáil Éireann: agrees that: — privatisation and marketisation of the energy system has failed; — it has led to exorbitant household heating and electricity costs, averaging €4,300 a year, unprecedented levels of energy poverty, carbon emissions that are among the highest and fastest growing in the European Union, and dependence on imported fossil fuels for 70 per cent of our energy use; — it has failed to enable a just transition to renewable energy, or to reduce energy use, and is inherently incapable…

We never voted for a carbon tax.

We were against a carbon tax.

We were the first ones against a carbon tax.

No, we did not. We did not support carbon tax.

The problem-----

The capitalist market is not working now. What does the Minister say to that?

Yes. We are internationalist.

We are not proposing to nationalise people's solar panels-----

But the private companies are not doing it.