I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "notes that:" and substitute the following: "— there needs to be a disciplinary process for senior civil servants for instances of repeated waste of public funds; — accountability needs to be written into the contracts of senior civil servants; and — there should be a Minister of State for Accountability, nominated and located within the Department of the Taoiseach, to track live procurement and infrastructural projects to ensure they do not go ov…

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The people feel that.

The Minister of State is digging.

I want to raise another example of Government waste. The Minister for Social Protection told Aontú yesterday that there were €100 million in overpayments on the PUP payments in the Covid period. A total of 42,400 PUP overpayments were made during that period of time. Some 1,400 PUP payments were made due to fraud during that time. Due to the cyberattack, we had a specific type of fraud that happened where the identity of HSE and Tusla's employees were stolen, accounts were set up and hundreds of thousands of euro w…

Nobody argues that.

No.

You are answering a different question.

Some 42,000 overpayments; €100 million.

With safeguards.

You cannot set up payments without safeguards. That is what you are saying.

Some €100 million.

Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. Tá spreagadh an-tábhachtach don Ghaeilge. Is é an rud is tábhachtaí mar gheall ar chur chun cinn na Gaeilge sa todhchaí. Ba mhaith liom labhairt mar gheall ar fhear darb ainm Séamus Ó Fianghusa. Is as na Stáit Aontaithe é agus chaith sé a shaol iomlán ann. Throid sé ar son arm na Stát Aontaithe san Iaráic agus san Afganastáin. Ba as Dún na nGall a athair agus ba as an gCóiré a mháthair. Fuair a athair bás blianta ó shín agus dá bharr sin, thug Séamus cuairt ar an t…

Today, Aontú received information from Tusla showing that during the first nine months of last year 70,000 children were referred to Tusla. That means that for the whole year it is likely 94,000 children were referred to Tusla, which is the highest figure on record. It is 30,000 more children than sat the leaving certificate last year. It is equivalent to all the children in Meath and Westmeath being referred to Tusla on an annual basis. It is an incredibly high figure. Nearly 70,000 of those referrals related to p…

In the first nine months of last year.

Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Ar dtús, cuirim fáilte roimh an rún ó Shinn Féin. Caithfidh mé a rá go bhfuil go leor oibre déanta le fada an lá ag an Teachta Ó Snodaigh mar gheall ar an teanga. Is mian liom freisin smaoineamh ar a athair, a bhí ina ghníomhaire teanga le fada an lá, a fuair bás le déanaí. Déanaim comhbhrón leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh.

Is mian liom míle buíochas agus fáilte a ghabháil le muintir Chonradh na Gaeilge agus na gníomhairí Gaeilge eile atá thuas sa Ghailearaí as an méid oibre atá déanta acu le fada an lá, le níos mó ná 100 bliain sa tír seo. Gan iad, bheadh an teanga i bhfad níos laige timpeall na tíre gan dabht. Is linne an Ghaeilge. Is seoid í an Ghaeilge. Tá ár n-ainmneacha agus logainmneacha scríofa i nGaeilge. Is teanga ársa í ach is teanga nua-aimseartha í freisin. Tá daoine ag tógáil clann sa tír seo le Gaeilge. Tá siad ag déana…

Nach bhfuil seacht nóiméad fágtha agam? Tá brón orm.

Tá 20 soicind eile de dhíth orm. Tá fadhb ann mar gheall ar na scoileanna. Tá 25% de na tuismitheoirí sa tír seo ag éileamh Gaelscolaíochta. Níl ach 6% ag fáil Gaeloideachais sa tír seo. Bíonn daoine ag caint faoi Ghaeilge éigeantach, ach leis an fhírinne a rá, tá an Béarla éigeantach ar go leor daoine. Táthar ag brú an Bhéarla síos scornaí na bpáistí sa tír seo. Ba cheart go mbeadh an Rialtas ag treisiú agus ag fás na Gaeilge, ach, i ndáiríre, tá an Rialtas mar bhac ar fhás na Gaeilge sa tír seo.

Ar dtús, gabhaim comhghairdeachas leis an Aire Stáit ar a post nua. Is bean láidir í agus guím gach rath uirthi sa phost nua.