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De réir Bhuan-Ordaithe 85(2), cuirfear an vótáil siar go dtí an chéad am vótála seachtainiúil eile, Dé Céadaoin, an 13 Bealtaine 2026.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Pat Buckley - To discuss the failure to follow through on a Labour Court recommendation. Deputy Colm Burke - To discuss the establishment of a national radiation therapy equipment replacement programme. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the planned new Courtown coastguard building. Deputy Jen Cummins - To discuss the status of the Cork Life Centre. Dep…

What we are looking at here is insufficient action by Government to deal with the pressure people are under at this point. It is little that they are getting, but they would be getting nothing if it had not been for those protestors who went out onto the streets. I spoke to many of them. Many of those who were out in the Minister of State's own part of the world probably voted for him. I have no doubt that they voted for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in an awful lot of cases. I could not get over the fact of how let do…

Is Bille maith é seo agus táimid ag tacadh leis. It is fair to say that this State has abjectly failed those in the North for many years. The issue we are dealing with is therefore the continuous failure over many years. It is also fair to say that primary responsibility for partition lies with Britain. Partition entailed the idea of Britain maintaining a foothold in Ireland, not so much facilitating Ulster unionists as using them – not for the first time and not for the last. We cannot forget the threat from David…

I would like to bring up a very specific issue that was raised with us at the autism parliamentary group yesterday. I will not go into the complete detail, but it is about real failings that surround child protection and child welfare. This relates to the most vulnerable children who do not have a voice, namely, those who are non-verbal. In the near future people will hear about - and we will deal with - failings in the criminal justice system. Training and guidelines are required for the Garda. Agencies must ensur…

The fact is that Tusla does not have the correct residential or special care facilities. At the moment, even if we are not using SEAs, we are using inappropriate settings.

None of this is good enough. The Minister for justice and other Ministers need to get a handle on this because we have failed for far too long.

We all accept that there has been an underestimation in relation to the cost of globalisation. Many see that their generation is now poorer than the generation before it. This is being exacerbated by artificial intelligence. We have seen the issue in relation to Meta and its subcompanies. We have seen 63 jobs lost in PayPal and, obviously, all that can be done has to be done for those workers. While I am told it does not relate to artificial intelligence, I think anybody who has seen job losses across the sector wi…

We have all been in here previously talking about the absolute necessity of using wind energy. We need to see major moves as regards offshore wind. Where is the clearing house in relation to where the deficits lie and in terms of Belfast Port being the only port that can facilitate-----

-----the grid infrastructure? I echo what everyone else here has said. It makes absolute sense that there would be public payback. We cannot have a scenario where others make money off what is one of our major resources. What are our plans for biogas, which Denmark has developed through anaerobic digestion, thereby reducing its carbon footprint by something like 40%?

What is the Taoiseach's plan for it? He is in government.

I have just left the audiovisual room were the Irish-US driver licence campaign gave a presentation. That campaign is led by Mr. Ciarán Staunton and Ms Karen McHugh. They presented a report by Mr. Damian Green and Mr. Laurence Donnelly. There was much conversation in relation to the lack of public transport in an awful lot of rural Ireland and the necessity of the car. They spoke about the huge issue that we have all dealt with as constituency TDs, namely the fact that a lot of the diaspora want to come home to whe…

I commend the union leaders who are here. I also commend union leaders for the work they have done. Maybe more robust action will be needed in the future. We saw the fuel protests, which involved workers at the end of their tethers who had been given no choice. We see the huge impact of increases in the cost of fuel, which were caused by madness abroad - we accept that and it should be called out – but as much as we have insanity abroad, we need to see sanity here. Those in power need to deliver for workers who are…

Táimid críochnaithe le Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain dóibh.  Anois beidh Ceisteanna Eile faoi choinne an Aire Fiontar, Turasóireachta agus Fostaíochta.  Ar dtús tá Ceist Uimh. 126, atá in ainm an Teachta Fleming, ach tá an Teachta McCormack á glacadh.

Anois tá Ceist Uimh. 132, atá in ainm an Teachta Shay Brennan ach tá an Teachta Cahill á glacadh.

Deputy Boyd Barrett has 30 seconds. We do not want to go over time.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - To discuss the detention of an Irish citizen by German authorities. Deputies Claire Kerrane and Ruairí Ó Murchú - To discuss issues raised about children in State care arising from a recent "RTÉ Investigates" programme. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the planned new Courtown coastguard building. Deputy Pa Daly - To discuss whe…

I thank the Minister for being here. We dealt with this to some degree last week but, as Deputy Kerrane has said, it is utterly shocking and harrowing. There are no terms to describe the story of Max, which we all saw on "RTÉ Investigates". We are talking about special emergency arrangements or accommodations that are not in any way suitable. He was missing for two and a half hours before anybody noticed and before the child was abused, and this is only part of it. Unfortunately, this is a representation of many ch…