Sorry, has it been published today? I looked for it this morning but I did not find it.

Sorry-----

Is the advice published?

Yes.

Yes, for the first time since April.

It is now suspended.

The Government is only recruiting now.

Will the Taoiseach publish the advice?

It is unfortunate that the time allowed for these statements is so short. It is very unsatisfactory, as is much of the engagement. The Minister spoke of political solidarity but there has been very little opportunity for that in recent times. I will return to that in a moment. I ask the Minister if, when summing up, he will clarify exactly what the strategy is for responding to the Covid threat because I do not understand what it is. We were told at the beginning that the strategy was about hunting down the virus. …

On a point of order, we usually follow the Labour Party.

That is not the order that was followed in the last statements session.

Maybe we could have-----

I believe everybody in this House is only too aware of the challenges in respect of mental health. We see people facing such challenges in our own families, in our communities and in our constituencies. People regularly come to the House to talk about the level of need, particularly unmet need, that exists. That has been going on for some time. The real test of people's commitment to prioritising this area comes at budget time. That is how we show how serious we are about mental health services. To be serious means…

I commend Sinn Féin and Deputy Cullinane on bringing forward this important motion. It must be said that we could be here every night for the next fortnight talking about what amounts to neglect of different aspects of the health service and the storing up of significant problems for the future. That could apply to the lack of speech and language therapy for children, the absence of audiology services which is damaging to the children concerned, or a whole range of different areas of healthcare that have been put o…

At a time when it seems there are many internal tensions within the Government, with Fianna Fáil dealing with its own internal problems, Fine Gael dithering, to put it mildly, over the nomination of our Commissioner role, and the Tánaiste playing a dangerous political game within the Government, the reality for the rest of us outside of Cabinet is that Covid-19 rates continue to grow steadily. There seems to be a mindset within the Government that a second lockdown is inevitable. Indeed, the Minister for Health sai…

With all due respect, these lines are being trotted out by everybody in Government, and they do not stand up to any kind of scrutiny. The Minister is jumping ahead and talking about a medium-term plan. We have a real-time, now problem in respect of the figures rising all the time. The response from the Government has been wholly inadequate in respect of testing and tracing. The Minister talked about last week. A total of 57% of what we are told is the capacity was used last week, and that was the highest percentage…

Now. The Government needs to take charge now.

Where is the Government now?

That is more promises.

On behalf of the Social Democrats I congratulate Deputy McConalogue on his appointment as the new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I wish him well in his new role and hope we can work in a collaborative fashion within this important portfolio. I also extend congratulations to Deputy James Browne, who is to be appointed a Minister of State. One is tempted to quote Oscar Wilde with respect to the loss of two agriculture Ministers in quick succession. There is no doubt that carelessness was a factor in b…