The Supreme Court judgment about the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, is significant. It puts Ireland at the centre of a debate that is taking place across Europe and in Canada, with many ordinary people mobilising against what is a charter for corporations. Earlier, the Taoiseach wanted to speak in generalities about free trade being a good thing. He did not address either the substance of the Supreme Court decision or what those of us objecting to CETA are objecting to, namely, the establishment …

The Taoiseach must deal with the question.

It is not an abstract. It is not a vote for or against free trade; it is about CETA.

No. We would create quality jobs. We would create hundreds of thousands of good jobs.

They are not standard.

There are things called courts. Why can it not be done in the courts like everything else?

They can and do. That is wrong.

That is not the question. It is not about loss and damage.

More than 100 victims of apartment and duplex defects will gather this Saturday for a major public conference of the Not Our Fault campaign in the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght. They will have discussions among themselves, they will hear from activists from the Mica Action Group about its campaign and experience, and they will hear from the different political parties, all of whom are invited to come and put their position. I understand they are still waiting for a response from Fianna Fáil, by the way, on whether it wil…

I thank the Minister for taking this Topical Issue matter. We know - and are due to vote on it shortly in this Dáil - that every year, the State gives about €90 million in public funds to the horse and greyhound racing industry. We know that about €70 million of that goes to Horse Racing Ireland, HRI. What is new are the figures. Thanks to an answer to a parliamentary question I tabled, we know how much of that goes to prize money. Some 70% of that €70 million goes to prize money – approximately between €40 million…

I did not hear the Minister mention J.P. McManus, Michael O’Leary or John Magnier, not to mention the various people who are not living in this country who are in receipt of this public money. If one cuts out all the propaganda, the Government is choosing to give more than €40 million of public money every year to people who are already multimillionaires. That is what is happening. The Minister can talk about the industry, how successful it is and so on, and that is fine; I agree. However, that is not an argument t…

I actually live outside the M50.

I do. I have to cross the M50 twice a day.

We are not getting that money.

I go to race meetings.

The Minister has not said a word about problem gambling on a day when we have discussed gambling regulation.

We are handing public money to the industry.

That is scandalous.

On Monday, residents of a number of apartment and duplex complexes affected by defects came together. They are part of the Not Our Fault campaign and were announcing the major public conference on Saturday, 19 November in the Plaza Hotel, Tallaght. These people bought their apartments or duplexes in good faith, did everything right and now face bills of up to €68,000. This is not their fault but that of successive Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments that allowed a system of self-certification to reign and of the …

I apologise for missing my slot. Things moved very quickly. I acknowledge the excellent work carried out by the member organisations of the Coalition Against Hate Crime Ireland - organisations and networks like Pavee Point, the Irish Traveller Movement, the Irish Network Against Racism, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the Transgender Equality Network. They all have a proud track record in fighting against the many forms of prejudice, discrimination and oppression. In December 2020, People Before Profit wo…