The ombudsman said there is not a statutory organisation to get the facts. That is a damning statement.

Is there any responsibility?

No.

The Taoiseach is not being correct.

At the moment, this is no country for young children and for many people who have disabilities. This day last year I raised with the then Taoiseach, Deputy Simon Harris, the case of Harvey Morrison Sherratt. I raised the facts that he had been taken off a waiting list unbeknownst to his family, had been left in excruciating pain for his condition to develop and never had the necessary operations he needed to be able to regain health. Tragically, over the summer, Harvey Morrison Sherratt died. I do think we have rea…

If we are to make sure children get the assessments of need that are necessary and if therapists are going to be recruited, then they need to know it is happening.

Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún seo agus roimh an iarracht rochtain a fháil ar oideachas le haghaidh gach uile pháiste sa tír. Is é an t-oideachas ceann de na cearta is tábhachtaí sa tír seo. One of the key objectives of the Proclamation of the Republic is to cherish all the children of the nation equally. An education is one of the most important rights that exist in society. Education facilitates the growth and development of children but it also helps them reach their full potential. Yet, we have a situation in this …

The Government cannot agree either.

On the last day of the Dáil, many around the country will look to mark the Government's report card, so let us have a look at it. The attendance record has been atrocious so far. It is 230 days since the general election and the Government has turned up to the Dáil for 59 of those. That is 75% of the time that has elapsed since the election in which the Government has not come to the Dáil. It has been a stay-at-home Government seeking to dodge the accountability of the national Parliament. The Government promised i…

According to a reply I received today to a parliamentary question-----

-----707 prisoners were unlawfully away from prison last year and there were still 131 missing from the prison system at the end of the year.

Is it not the case that, in the last seven months, the Government has been floundering?

No, it is not just increased reporting.

The increase in domestic violence statistics are not down to increased reporting.

They are down to increased domestic violence. To hide that fact is actually dangerous as well.

Let us talk about the health service, which the Tánaiste mentioned. Billions of euros have been poured into the HSE and we are getting less and less in return. The national children's hospital, which the Tánaiste signed for, is still mired in cost overruns and delays. There have been 500,000 adverse incidents in hospitals just in the last five years and 3,142 people died as a result of those adverse incidents in hospitals. Since the Government has been elected, it has spent €2.4 billion in compensation for those ad…

-----and are hardwired to increase for the next five years. The Government is hurting people at the moment.

There has never been a Government with as much access to cash, but there has never been a Government that has done so little with it.

This is too serious.

I cannot believe the Tánaiste spent any time on that.