Last week, it was confirmed for the first time that agents of the British state were involved in the murder of Sean Brown and that up to 25 people can be linked by intelligence to that murder. I commend the family of Sean Brown, who have remained steadfast in their pursuit of justice and the truth for more than 27 years. Revelations of collusion between MI5 and loyalists this week resulted in the coroner halting the inquest. The coroner did so because MI5 has refused for over a year to supply vital information it h…

Will the Government meet the British? That is the question. Will the Tánaiste please answer the question for the family? Will the Government meet the British? I ask the Tánaiste, with respect, to please answer.

The family would like to know.

I do know the issue, but I would like the Government to say it will reach out.

Hear, hear.

Thirteen years ago.

It is our fault because-----

Tá an Teachta Ó Snodaigh tar éis na bhfadhbanna móra agus an ganntanas infheistíochta ón Rialtas seo ó thaobh cúrsaí teanga, cúrsaí Gaeltachta agus cúrsaí oideachais le blianta beaga anuas a chur i láthair. Mar urlabhraí airgeadais, déileálaim leis an cháinaisnéis achan bhliain agus tá a fhios againn an fuílleach airgid de na billiúin euro atá ann, airgead nach bhfuilimid chun caitheamh. I mo cheantar féin, chím arís agus arís eile grúpaí pobail atá ag déanamh obair faoi leith ar son na Gaeilge agus ar son na Gaelt…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis an Teachta Tully faoi choinne na hoibre atá sí ag déanamh sa rún seo ach fosta don obair atá á dhéanamh aici ar son daoine faoi mhíchumas agus cúramóirí amuigh ansin. Bíonn an cheist seo á hardú aici arís agus arís eile. People with disabilities and carers deserve better and the time for action is now. In Donegal, and indeed throughout the State, people with disabilities and carers feel let down by this Government and even abandoned, if I may say so. They nee…

Before I begin, I will welcome the ruling of the High Court in Belfast this morning that the British Government's legacy Act is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. It would be opportune to get an update on the interstate case early next week. In 2017, thug an Rialtas agus an tAire, an Teachta Harris, gealltanas nach mbeidh aon leanbh ag fanacht ar obráid scoliosis ar feadh níos mó ná ceithre mhí ach briseadh an gealltanas sin do na páistí, do dhaoine i mo Dháilcheantar féin cosúil le Kylie Ann Ste…

I asked the Minister what his plan was for these children and for Kylie Ann? I used Kylie Ann as an example but we could name many other children. She has been waiting for five years. The curvature of her spine is 138°. If it increases by a further 10°, it will be inoperable. During this five-year period, the Minister, Deputy Harris, has been in government, including as Minister for Health. Over two years ago, his successor, the current Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, made a commitment, just as the Mi…

Let us in there.

At least I would not break my promise to these children, as you did.

That was seven years ago.

This morning, a front page story in The Irish Times pointed to serious issues in the care provided to vulnerable children in the State and the care settings in which they were placed. An internal Tusla report has found that Ideal Care Services, a company that provides care to children on behalf of the State, fabricated the pre-employment checks of staff, posing a major risk to the children and young people in its care. According to the report, the standard of checks carried out on prospective care staff were “gross…

The public are sick and tired of debacle after debacle concerning RTÉ, and the Minister's hands-off approach is simply not working. I have listened back to interviews she has done, and time and again she has claimed such and such would be inappropriate for the Minister and said the Minister cannot go there. She is leaving it to members of the committees to ask questions she should be asking in the first instance, questions that do not come to her, and she says she knows nothing about that and does not want to stray…

The date is on that document and I want to know if the Minister knew that.

I will finish on this question. Did the Minister discuss with any official on that Thursday that Siún Ní Raghallaigh's position was untenable and that it would be better if she was not there as a member of the board? Finally, will the Minister stop the drip, drip-----

-----and publish all of the documentation that we asked for over a week ago?

Níl dabht ar bith ach go bhfuil gá le níos mó infheistíochta agus níos mó a dhéanamh ó thaobh CAMHS de mar go bhfuil páistí na tíre seo á ligean síos mar gheall ar an Rialtas atá againn agus an teip atá air ó thaobh meabhairshláinte agus an tacaíocht atá á fáil ag páistí ar fud an Stáit, go háirithe i mo chontae, áit a bhfuil go leor daoine ar liosta feithimh. Children deserve better. They deserve better mental health services than they are getting under this Government. The sad reality for so many children and par…