I am sorry; I thought the time was up. I apologise, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Review it.

The Minister does not have a clue what is happening on the ground. If he or his colleague had turned up, they would know that. There were 1,300 people present, some of whom could not get into the room and were out on the streets. That is what happened. This scheme is not working. We tabled 80 amendments to the Government's legislation to make this scheme work. Ours is 100% redress end-to-end where people would not have to build their homes on their own. It should be the same way that the pyrite scheme worked. I put…

It is not working. The Minister needs to get his head out of the sand. It is a simple question.

Will he provide upfront costs as an immediate measure, which he was asked to do more than six months ago?

The Department of Finance told the Minister six months ago-----

It was six months ago.

The Minister is living in cloud-cuckoo-land.

Cloud-cuckoo-land.

Insíonn Cumann Ailse na hÉireann dúinn go mbeidh ailse ar dhuine as achan beirt uair éigin le linn a saoil. Tá aithne againn uilig ar dhuine inár bpobal, nó b’fhéidir inár dteaghlaigh, a raibh ailse orthu nó a bhfuil ailse orthu inniu. Tiocfaidh sé mar bhuile throm agus iad ag léamh inniu go bhfuil innealra radaiteiripe ina luí folamh in ospidéil ar fud an Stát mar nach bhfuil an Rialtas sásta an maoiniú agus an pleanáil ceart a thabhairt do straitéis ailse na tíre seo agus nach raibh an Rialtas ábalta é sin a dhéa…

I do not know if the Tánaiste heard that Professor M. John Kennedy, who is the chair of the third cancer strategy steering group, told the health committee yesterday that cancer surgeries are being cancelled because hospitals are overwhelmed. That is happening on the Government's watch. The improvements that were made many years ago are not being sustained. The proportion of people contracting and dying from cancer is still significantly higher than in other EU states. This State is a laggard, especially among coun…

Will it open the 1,500 beds, and provide the €20 million that the HSE is asking for?

Efficiency. The equipment is lying idle.

Can the Tánaiste answer the question?

Can the Tánaiste answer the question on the machines lying idle?

Could the Tánaiste please answer the question about the machines lying idle?

The machines are lying idle in our hospitals.

The machines are lying idle. The Tánaiste has ignored the question.

At the beginning of this month, with workers and families in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, the Government increased the price of petrol and diesel at the pumps. It plans to increase them again in August and again in October. The Tánaiste knows this will see Irish households facing among the highest petrol and diesel prices in Europe. I asked the Minister for Finance yesterday and he did not answer the question. Maybe the Tánaiste will make an attempt at it. There are 390 fuel stations in the Border countie…

No, we said it should be kept under review.