The Minister said there was good regional spread. On which map of Ireland does good regional spread mean no venue north of Galway and west of Louth?

If the Minister thinks that is true, he is off his rocker.

That is not good regional spread.

Tá brú ollmhór ar theaghlaigh de bharr praghsanna atá ag ardú. Ní chreideann daoine a gcluasa nuair a deir an Rialtas nach ndéanfaidh sé a dhath le tacú leo. Ní féidir leo a thuilleadh de na praghsanna seo a fhulaingt. Caithfidh an Rialtas pacáiste tacaíochta a thabhairt chun cinn láithreach a thabharfaidh faoiseamh d'oibrithe agus do theaghlaigh. Soaring prices - that is what everybody is talking about out there. In the last couple of weeks, we put out a cost-of-living survey online. Thousands of people replied to…

The Tánaiste says inflation is falling and it will take a while for people to feel the effects, but he knows the phrase "inflation is falling" means prices are still going up. It just means they are not going up as fast as they were in the past. It means the prices people have seen go up in recent years are higher today. That is the real lived experience of Jackie, Paul, Lorraine and thousands of people across the State. The Tánaiste can pat himself on the back as much as he wants for what he has done but people's …

The public is outraged by the Government's plan to turn the GPO into mainly shopping units and offices. The GPO is the most iconic site of our country's fight for freedom. It is the place where the Irish Republic was declared and where it was bravely defended during the Easter Rising. It is disgraceful stuff coming from the Government. If that is not enough, the Government refused to name the new national children's hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn, a pioneer medic and a heroine of 1916. The Dáil voted unanimously …

What will we have? Abrakebabra and Starbucks, is it?

Will we have Starbucks? We can have anything. Perhaps we could have some of the Government's vulture friends.

Shameful.

It is shameful.

The GPO is where they defended the Republic.

The Government will invite Starbucks.

You invite your corporates in. You shamefully disrespect-----

No other country in the world that fought for Irish independence would do what the Government is doing-----

-----to desecrate the GPO, where Pádraig Pearse stood, where James Connolly fought and where the men and women of 1916 defended the Republic.

It is shameful. They fought an empire.

The Government is inviting multinational corporations to sell their wares. Shame on you. Nowhere else would it happen.

You should apologise to the Irish people-----

-----for what you are trying to do.

You are desecrating hallowed ground.