I do not think the Deputy did do the thumbs-up.

Thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up.

It is a fact.

Time is up, Michael.

Tá scannal eile ó thaobh cúraim shláinte do pháistí inár dtír. Chímid ó thuarascáil neamhspleách atá foilsithe in The Ditch go raibh obráidí déanta ar na céadta páistí sa tír seo agus é ráite anois nach raibh na hobráidí sin ag teastáil uathu. Tá sé seo scannalach agus cuireann sé isteach go mór ar thuismitheoirí na bpáistí seo. There are serious findings that unnecessary hip surgeries were carried out on hundreds of children in the CHI hospitals at Cappagh and Temple Street. These allegations were originally made …

When my colleague, Deputy Cullinane, raised these questions with the Minister for Health a number of weeks ago, she said she had not seen or read the report. It is only through The Ditch releasing the report that we can now all see it. That tells a story of the lack of urgency being placed on this issue by the Government that alarm bells are not ringing about something that was raised as far back as April last year and in the media as far back as July last year. We now know from the report published by The Ditch - …

That is what is happening to the children of Ireland. There is not enough urgency in government which is allowing this to happen. It happens over and over. When will parents know whether their child was one of the children operated on wrongly?

Government members talk relentlessly about price hikes like they are commenting on the weather. It drives people spare to see the Government doing nothing as they get fleeced every day. Banks are posting €5 billion profits from squeezing homeowners and short-changing savers. We have double-digit rent increases, crippling childcare costs and four consecutive months of petrol and diesel increases. Next Tuesday, eight different providers will raise their charges. Insurance and energy bills are rising. Mobile, broadban…

Have they not got that here?

Here as well.

They tried it and they did not get it.

They tried it at the start and then you came up with this concoction.

Play the man, Micheál. Play the man. What you did was a disgrace and you know it.

Hear, hear.

A Cheann Comhairle, just before we move to Government business, can I raise a point of order? I attempted under Salient Ruling 51 to raise a point of order on numerous occasions yesterday, which allows me as a Member of the Dáil to raise it before a question is put. I would like it to be heard now. The concern I have is that as Members of this House, one of the most important functions we have is the passage of legislation. We have a crucial legislation that will take a step forward later on, namely, the Údarás na …

Can I ask-----

Can I ask for clarification? Is the Ceann Comhairle looking at the Oireachtas transcript, which is an abridged version of what happened, or the audio, which is what would be relied on in any court of law-----

-----as to whether the legislation that is being passed later will actually be valid or not?

Sorry, no. With respect-----

The official record of the Dáil is an abridged version and does not contain - everyone can look on the Oireachtas-----