The legislation has gone through.

The Tánaiste said it was a loan. Will he just accept he was wrong? He said it was a loan.

And it is for individuals, not households.

It is targeted.

Will the Tánaiste acknowledge that he was wrong?

The question was on mica.

Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis an t-ábhar seo a phlé inniu. Tá sé deich mbliana anois ó cuireadh deireadh le daonlathas taobh istigh de bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta. Sin deich mbliana ó rinne Rialtas Fhine Gael agus Páirtí an Lucht Oibre cinneadh deireadh a chur le toghcháin do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta. Le bheith féaráilte, dúirt an tAire Stáit é féin, a pháirtí agus a cheannaire go raibh siad tiomanta go mbeadh toghcháin ann do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta arís. Seo ábhar ar a bhfuil béim curtha ag Sinn Féin le blianta…

Sin é bun agus barr an scéil. Tá freagraí de dhíth, ní orainn, ach ar mhuintir na Gaeltachta. Tá siad ag fanacht anois deich mbliana le toghcháin a thabhairt ar ais ag bord Údarás na Gaeltachta. Tá an cheist seo socraithe sa Ghaeltacht. Roimh an olltoghchán deireanach, bhí cruinnithe sa Ghaeltacht ag na grúpaí poiblí Gaeltachta. Is é ceann de na héilimh a bhí acu ná daonlathas a thabhairt ar ais go dtí Údarás na Gaeltachta. Tá daoine agus grúpaí ag feidhmiú go dtí seo. Níl próiseas eile de dhíth ach má tá an Roinn …

The Taoiseach does not understand it.

Apartments are homes.

They are going up every year.

Seriously? You have nothing to say to them.

Tá costais mhaireachtála agus costais bhia, chíos, chairr, fhuinneamh, theas agus chúram leanaí ag ardú. Tá muintir na tíre seo, gnáth teaghlaigh agus oibrithe, ag streachailt. Níl go leor sa €100 a tugadh do dhaoine le dul in éadan costais leictreachais. Tá an ghéarchéim i bhfad níos leithne ná sin agus caithfidh an Rialtas é sin a thuiscint. Tá moltaí curtha chun tosaigh ag Sinn Féin chun dul i ngleic leis an ngéarchéim seo, na costais a laghdú agus cuidiú le daoine. Tá sé seo ina chúis imní do a lán daoine anois…

The cost-of-living crisis did not just fall from the sky overnight. It has been here with us for many months. We have been raising that with the Government. Indeed, we raised that with the Government before the budget. The Government failed to protect adequately those social welfare recipients who pay three times more on energy costs than the wealthiest in the State. As a result, under the package for which the budget has been approved, they are going to be poorer by hundreds of euro this year than they were last y…

There are solutions there.

We have given the Government the solutions time and time again. When is the Government going to act on them?

What about childcare and rent?

What about childcare, rent and fuel allowance eligibility?

The Northern Executive, including all its Ministers, is legally obliged to comply with the commitments set out in the withdrawal agreement and the protocol. Yet, yesterday evening we witnessed a reckless stunt on the part of the DUP. A Minister who is no stranger to political chaos stated that he had instructed his Department to stop all checks on goods at ports. This is a cynical attempt by Edwin Poots to shore up his own political position and that of his party as we face into an assembly election in a number of …

They are not agreed.