One of your Ministers posted-----

-----a letter demanding statements. No accountability.

He has not followed through with a policy document.

Yes, he is doing his job. What is your point?

He did.

The double standards.

How is that relevant?

He is accountable to-----

The double standards. The accountability is something else to behold.

The Deputy is fairly capable of it himself. He was one of the leaders of heckling in the previous Dáil, but go ahead.

The Taoiseach was asked a question by Deputy Keogh from Mayo, one of the counties affected by defective concrete blocks. I received a reply to a parliamentary question recently from the Minister for housing, which confirms that under the pyrite remediation scheme, almost 3,000 families in Dublin and north Leinster received 100% redress under a State-run scheme, and absolutely rightly so. Why are families and homeowners in counties Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Limerick and Clare treated like second-class citizens? Why do t…

Is it fair though? Is everybody treated fairly?

I received a response to a parliamentary question today. I probably knew the answer, but it does not make for good reading. I asked for the number of families in Dublin and north Leinster who have availed of the pyrite remediation scheme to date. The answer is that almost 3,000 families have availed of the scheme. I asked what contribution they had to make to that scheme, and the answer was none. That is right and proper. They were victims of a scandal, and have been rightly compensated and their homes made safe by…

Hear, hear.

Just answer the question.

A Cheann Comhairle-----

Under Standing Order 35(3), I am entitled to propose an amendment to the Order of Business.

I propose that we suspend the Dáil and convene an urgent meeting of the Business Committee to deal with the outrageous proposition that the Dáil will not return next week and that 39 TDs in Sinn Féin will be allocated ten minutes - the same as your Government's group in opposition. Michael Lowry is a member of the Opposition.

Michael Lowry stood outside this building and said "We will support the Government in the good days and the bad", with all seven of them, and he is a member of the Opposition. For God's sake.

You are making a mockery of democracy here. The Taoiseach to come and the Taoiseach right now-----