Why?

We will never get to the substantive amendments.

There is a gag that the Green Party is the cycling wing of Fine Gael. The manner in which this debate is being guillotined and the way in which the last few minutes have been taken up with the not-unimportant subject of cycle ways and active transport, which will preclude us from discussing amendments that deal with something that has a far greater impact on the climate crisis the Green Party claims to be concerned about, is cynical. It highlights the shameful and cynical tactics that have been deployed around the …

I am making the contrast between the priorities of the Green Party in this amendment-----

I know Deputy Matthews wants me to speak to the grouping of amendments because he did not want us to get to the other amendments. We will not get the chance-----

-----because Deputy Matthews went along with the cynical guillotining of this Bill. This, therefore, is the last opportunity we have to speak on the really substantial amendments in this Bill. We will not get to discuss them properly. The Green Party has betrayed its promise in the programme for Government not to develop more fossil fuel infrastructure in this country that will lock us into things that are extremely damaging to the environment because of the leakage of methane from liquid natural gas.

Exactly; leniency has been given all night.

I am drawing the contrasts in priorities between the Green Party’s Deputies-----

-----enthusiasm for this amendment-----

-----while, at the same time, they are shielding themselves and the Government from justified scrutiny and criticism over a series of amendments we will never even get to discuss because this debate will be over in a few minutes. These amendments were never discussed by the Dáil at any stage and we are not going to get the opportunity to discuss them. They will do extreme damage to the environment. They make a mockery of the claims that this Government and the Green Party are concerned about climate action because …

I did not dismiss them. I said they were fair enough.

While we are choking with fossil fuels.

Because we are not going to get to the amendments.

Yes.

What about the rest of the Order of Business?

But what about the rest of the Order of Business?

A Cheann Comhairle-----

A Cheann Comhairle-----

I am very happy to support the call for statements on child protection. They should take place this week. It is a serious issue. However, we have asked for some time for the Government to allow for a discussion and questions to the Minister on the use of Shannon by the US military and the use of Irish airspace for the transport of weapons from the US to Israel to kill children in Gaza and Lebanon, as Israel has been doing in Gaza for a year and is doing in Lebanon now, and also on the fact that Israel is now using …

No.