I welcome the fact that the Minister is looking to tie financial support for the HSE to its performance. It is something that I have made an argument for over the past number of years. I firmly believe that we need to reach a situation where the HSE is paid for the work it does for patients and the benefits it brings to patients. We would probably go further than this and tie funding for the HSE to the number of operations, treatments, consultations and engagements it has with patients. This will ensure that money …

Ireland is on the precipice of the biggest economic crisis facing this country since the banking crisis. The tariff war has the potential to destroy tens of thousands of Irish jobs, significantly cut back GDP and hammer the budgetary income of this State. You would not know it here but the tariff war is the biggest economic threat to the State. Ireland is one of the most exposed countries in the EU to the US tariff war. Ireland exports far more relatively than other European countries to the United States. Last yea…

The Taoiseach has missed the point altogether.

It is looking after its own interests.

Every day, the Taoiseach comes into this Chamber and answers a different question from the one he was actually asked. He is the king of deflection when it comes to these issues. The reality is this issue is far too important. There are tens of thousands of Irish jobs at stake and the Government is at the back of the class when it comes to influencing the European Commission in terms of how it structures its retaliation to tariffs. Out of all the issues we discussed, we saw Simon Harris go to the European Commission…

What influence did he use to defend the agricultural sector and the aircraft sector? He has failed in regard to those sectors.

What are you doing? That is my question.

What have you done to achieve that? Nothing.

The Taoiseach took ten minutes to say nothing.

Last week, I raised the issue of the GAA Palestine organisation seeking to get visas for children to play hurling in this country. I think most people will recognise the shocking devastation that exists in their home country, and most people with a heart would seek for them to be able to find solace in Ireland in the coming weeks. I was shocked to hear about a group of people from the GAA Palestine organisation having travelled to Dublin to seek a meeting with the Department. They brought all the documents with the…

How come there was no meeting with the delegation?

I am sure they find it perplexing too.

Why was there a refusal to meet a delegation?

They could have met officials.

The Taoiseach would not even meet the delegation.

You crashed the economy.

According to information we in Aontú have received, 49% of people in emergency accommodation in the State have come from outside Ireland. That is a significant figure and there is no doubt it is putting pressure on the housing sector. Currently, 80,000 people net are coming to Ireland each year. If we include the population growth of the State, that is the equivalent of adding the population of Galway city to the country on an annual basis. Galway has a university, a university hospital, dozens of schools and tens …

I asked a question in relation to accommodation and the different groups of people in Ireland. Some people are paying for accommodation and others are not.

It is in terms of asylum seekers. There is a question-----

So, will there be a change in the approach?