Okay.

I will home in on one particular aspect of the programme for Government. On page 99, it states: "Give effect to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ‘Working Definition of Antisemitism’". This is a programme for Government, large parts of which will not be delivered within the five years of this Government's term. The programme for Government had not even been ratified by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, never mind the new Government being elected by the Dáil, by the time the then Tánaiste and Minister for Fo…

Mr. No ideology.

We were not in here.

It is a painful truth that we will be faced with more and more extreme weather events. We will have more storms, more flooding and possibly even more serious snow if we see the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, AMOC, including the Gulf Stream. We should resist those who would try to respond to these extreme weather events by driving us further into the arms of the fossil fuels that are responsible for the crises. We need to act on climate adaptation, a crucial part of which is electricity…

Over the past 16 months, millions of people have had their eyes opened to awful things about the world we live in, about the apartheid nature of the Israeli state, about the oppression, displacement and discrimination faced by Palestinians on a daily basis, about the deep depravity of the capitalist, imperialist system we live in, where Palestinian life is, in effect, worthless, and about the complicity of much of the world's media, which whitewashed a genocide that unfolded before their and our eyes. Another thing…

In the past two weeks, I have been inundated with complaints about Go-Ahead Ireland buses not showing up. I have spoken to my colleague, Councillor Conor Reddy in Ballymun-Finglas. I have also spoken to Deputy Boyd Barrett, who represents Dún Laoghaire. It is clear to me that this is not just an issue in Tallaght or Dublin South-West. It is the same story everywhere that Go-Ahead Ireland has a contract to operate bus services. The S6, S8, N6 and N2 all provide the same terrible service. I am not talking about a gho…

I thank the Minister of State for the answer. I obviously accept that the Minister for Transport is not involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport services. I am not holding the Minister personally responsible for any bus not turning up, but at the same time, the Minister of State referred to the Government's recent commitment to improving public transport under the new programme for Government. The underlying issue here is a policy choice of pursuing privatisation of public transport routes, in this …

Yesterday, stroke politics met robust opposition and the outrageous attempt by the Government to effectively steal time from the Opposition was blocked.

That is not the only stroke by this Government, however. We have the three extra junior Ministers, an extra super junior Minister and approximately €30,000 extra in expenses for each of them. It has become clear that the discussions on the programme for government were really more focused on how many snouts could be fit at the public trough. These strokes are engineered for and organised by the so-called kingmaker of the Government, Deputy Michael Lowry, a politician brought into a position of considerable power by…

On a point of order------

What about the legal advice? When will we get the legal advice?

When will we get the legal advice?

When will we get the legal advice?

On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle-----

When we are getting the legal advice? Tell us when we are getting the legal advice, a Cheann Comhairle. There is no good reason not to give us the OPLA legal advice now.

We need to get the legal advice.

We need to get the legal advice, a Cheann Comhairle.

Today the corporate landlords, the big developers, and the tax-avoiding corporations can breathe a sigh of relief. They are going to have a government that will serve their interests but most people are being left behind, including the thousands queuing for food parcels, those spending Christmas in emergency accommodation, the families waiting for necessary therapies for their children, the nurses and medical scientists who felt compelled to vote for industrial action, and the ordinary workers who are struggling to…

The idea that we would break for more than one month and not even discuss the issues when people are going to sleep in emergency accommodation over Christmas and when there are not enough food parcels to go around is not acceptable. We should put pressure to say we have the date of 15 January and that is when we are reconvening. That focuses the minds in terms of the various parties that are engaged in coalition discussions. If they have a coalition and a nomination for Taoiseach to bring at that stage then that is…