Can you show me where it says it is not sufficient to stand up in the Dáil and say that?

This would take a number of minutes. The Taoiseach made a statement in the Dáil today that was incorrect.

He stated I was anti-mask and that Aontú was anti-mask. That is not the case.

He said we were opposed to the use of masks.

He did. I have a recording here and I will show it to him if he likes.

It is an attempt to slur people who have different views from the Government on the lack of antigen use in this country.

It is doing serious damage to this country not to use antigen testing.

All I am asking to do-----

I did not bring the House into disrepute. The Taoiseach said something which is not true. I am only asking that he withdraw that statement.

All I am asking is that he withdraw that statement.

I have fulfilled your request to tell the Taoiseach in advance.

Phil Hogan and Deputies Kelly and Coveney and now Deputy Darragh O'Brien have all been Ministers who have stood in this Chamber and said that the housing crisis cannot be fixed overnight. That hackneyed phrase has been trotted out as some kind of defence over and over again for more than a decade. The truth is that this is not an unfixable problem but there is an issue. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have an ideological objection to taking the necessary steps to fix the issue. I will give a couple of examples. Approxima…

I have just heard on the grapevine that the Taoiseach has made an announcement indicating the restrictions that were to lift on 22 October may not now be lifted but may be extended. For a number of reasons, I hope I am wrong in my understanding that the Taoiseach is thinking along that direction. We are talking about the budget so I will mention it in that context first and foremost. I understand this country has spent €41 billion on Covid-related measures. Many of those measures were absolutely necessary and were …

Today, Ireland is divided not just by partition but also by income, access to healthcare, access to housing, background, whether you live in Dublin or regionally and by whether you operate as a domestic business or in the foreign direct investment sector. The rising cost of living is eating away at people's ability to live. This Government has shown by this budget that it still does not understand the magnitude and urgency of the crisis that is engulfing up to half the population. Approximately 1 million people in …

The Minister cannot have it both ways.

He cannot say he supports it and then say something different.

I will shortly introduce a maternity care Bill, which will deal with the crisis in the maternity sector. First, I will raise the issue in Navan hospital. Its emergency department is set to be closed by this Government and the HSE. Over the past 20 months, the frontline of Covid has been emergency service beds and ICUs. The Minister has even mentioned the reason we cannot have normal rules in maternity hospitals is the continued threat from Covid. The Minister for Health talked yesterday about extending the most dra…

Will the Minister commit to protecting the services in Navan hospital?

This is an important point of information. I never do this, but-----

I have been told by at least five Ministers they will get back to me-----