I fully agree with all the sentiments from Deputy McGrath. There should be a full investigation into where the funding of An Taisce is going. An Taisce should have made a submission on the fever hospital in Croom. Those involved never made any application on it. They were asked afterwards and they blamed Covid-19. They are funded for certain cases. Where An Taisce should be doing work, those involved are not doing it and in cases where they are not supposed to be doing work, they are doing it. We can see what they …

I share Deputy Mattie McGrath's sentiments. We welcome the work An Taisce does with regard to the clean-up. I am been involved in the clean-ups in Limerick, as have all my family, neighbours and friends. That is a plus and a positive. The negative is what An Taisce is doing on the other side. The Minister of State has just said that it invoiced us for €675,000 during 2020. I want these invoices audited to ensure it is doing what it says on the tin. If it is not, then we will be able to get more out of that €675,000…

I spoke to people in the Minister of State’s own party yesterday and last week who have family members with health conditions of their own. Some are pregnant and have been advised by their consultants not to take the vaccination. These are people in her own party who have been told not to take the vaccination while pregnant during certain weeks because their safety could not be guaranteed, in that while the vaccine would do nothing to the pregnant women, the consultants could not guarantee it would not do something…

Through the Chair-----

I will tell the Minister of State how disrespectful she is to her own position as a Minister of State. She arrived to my parish in Granagh three weeks ago and she did not have the courtesy as a Government representative for the people of Ireland to contact me in my own parish. That is how she behaved as a PR stunt where she is talking out of both sides of her mouth. I am here to represent Limerick and have been elected by the people of County Limerick to get the best results for Limerick. I am a member of the Rural…

I seek additional time because the Minister of State cannot keep her mouth closed now-----

When everyone else speaks when she is talking, all she does-----

I am not making a personal charge.

The Acting Chairman is wasting my time and now he is doing the same thing. Is he being part of the Government thing as well?

I want extra time on the clock because the Acting Chairman has allowed me to be interrupted two or three times during my contribution. When somebody else made a comment to the Minister of State when she was talking, she just smiled up and said "Through the Chair". Through the Chair, I am saying that I want an extra minute added to my time because I was interrupted. The Government comes along here and states that it wants to reopen hospitality. We are the ones who have wanted to open up this country and who do not w…

When can the people of Limerick expect to have a proper drinking water supply? This week, Irish Water customers were advised that a new water website has been launched to enable customers to access up-to-date information for their area. I went on the website and the information that was available was negligible. I spoke to a group of people from Fedamore, County Limerick, who have been on a boil water notice for the last 16 months. During that time they have never received a call from Irish Water. One father told m…

Legislation to clear the way for the extraction of 350 million litres of water per day from the River Shannon to feed Dublin's needs is seriously defective and was raised by the Oireachtas independent legal advisers. Dublin is looking for 350 million litres of water for its needs. I want a metre put on the water leaving the Shannon and in every county through which it passes. I want Dublin to pay for every drop of water it gets from the Shannon. That should be reinvested in County Limerick and in all the other coun…

I am from Limerick.

And people who lived in Dublin are now living in Limerick.

We have no supplies.

Exactly.

I am not objecting.

I am not objecting.

You have all the services up here. We want them in Limerick.

You are in bed with the Blueshirts, so you might as well put on a blue jersey with the way you are acting.