They have the numbers-----

Is é an Tánaiste ceannaire Fhianna Fáil. Is é an chéad chinneadh atá glactha ag an Aire Stáit úr ar a bhfuil freagracht as an nGaeltacht ná toghcháin Údarás na Gaeltachta a thabhairt siar. Tá sé sin náireach agus scannalach. Ní bheidh toghcháin Údarás na Gaeltachta anois ag tarlú ar 7 Meitheamh leis na toghcháin áitiúla agus Eorpacha mar a bhí geallta ag páirtí agus Rialtas an Tánaiste. Mar a dúirt mé, tá sé scannalach. Ag tús 2023, foilsíodh ceannteidil Bhille le daonlathas a thabhairt ar ais go dtí an Ghaeltacht.…

Cén uair? When will there be an election? Tá a fhios agam nach ionann Gaeilge Thír Chonaill agus Gaeilge Chorcaí ach cén uair a bheidh na toghcháin ann agus cén uair a bheidh cathaoirleach ceaptha ar bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta?

It did not.

We are talking about children with cancer.

It is shameful of you.

You are telling lies. It is ridiculous.

I understand that-----

-----but we talk about misinformation in the public, and the Taoiseach is doing that now.

We had Helen McEntee doing it last week. It is a new tactic with Fine Gael because it cannot defend its record.

Hear, hear.

That is not true.

That is misinformation.

Can we get a fact-check?

Last week I raised with the Tánaiste the deliberate decision by the Government, and it was deliberate, to deny adequate funding to cancer services and the cancer strategy. Today's debate offers an opportunity again to put the facts on the table. The Government has failed miserably to properly fund the cancer strategy in five of the past seven years. The HSE sought €20 million to improve cancer services for this year but did not receive a red cent from the Government in the recent budget. We know that expensive and …

It is clear that the defective concrete block grant scheme is failing miserably, and 1,300 people turning up in Inishowen to tell their lived experiences is an example of that. There were 500 people at a similar event in County Mayo in the last month. There are many issues with it. It is not 100% redress. Those who are trying to muddle through with this failed scheme are finding it really difficult. They know they need to access finance before works commence. I will ask again a question I have asked the Minister pr…

If the Minister or his Cabinet colleague had turned up to the public meeting, which was in his colleague's own back yard in Inishowen, he would have heard very clearly that this scheme is not working. Maybe then the Minister would take his head out of the sand. This scheme is not working. We voted against it because we voted for the amendments the campaigners wanted to make sure it would work. The Minister spoke about how some people are rebuilding their homes, and that is right. Again, I heard the lived experience…

That is-----

You-----

You do not have a clue.