We will prompt the Acting Leader.

It is a miracle achieved through the intercession of St. Brigid.

I move: That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003.

Next Tuesday.

Last week I called on the Minister to honour the commitment he gave to tender openly for the position of independent chair for the review of the abortion legislation and I did so because it had by then emerged, by way of a reply to a parliamentary question, that the Department had not fulfilled the commitment but had contacted a small number of persons inviting them to express interest in the position. Yesterday, I said that it did not augur well that the eventual appointment that was made came on foot of such a cl…

I am not referring to perfection but perceived independence.

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. The context and background for today's debate is clear. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the Murphy family in Tullamore. We grieve the outrageous attack on and murder of their beloved Ashling. We double down and commit to doubling down on our determination as politicians and members of Irish society to do everything in our power to tackle and overcome anything that contributes to such violence. It goes without saying that concern about violence against women, about attitudes…

The Government has a large enough majority.

Today, Jennifer Bray of The Irish Times reported, and the Minister for Health has announced, the so-called independent chair of the review into the State's abortion laws. Ms Bray's article states that all of this is following a tender process. She does not say, and I do not understand why, that it is not the open tender process to which the Minister and his officials committed last December. This is because, as the Minister revealed last week, a small number of people were contacted and invited to express interest …

Appropriately.

I did not criticise anybody, other than the Department and the Minister.

I have not done so. I have said the process does not inspire confidence.

All I am saying is that many people are watching.

That is understood. I draw attention to some happier news and welcome the announcement that my home village of Ahascragh is to get a €3 million wastewater upgrade project. This is needed to end the discharge of inadequately treated wastewater into the Bunowen river. It is hard to imagine, but this will stop the equivalent of more than 300 wheelie bins of inadequately treated wastewater from going into the river every day. I am delighted, by the way, that Coffey Water limited, a company with roots in our parish, wil…

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I notice the Minister does not have any officials with him, which is probably a testament to his mastery of his brief. I intend to try to test the latter a little. I have taken a disjunctive view of today's statements. It was proposed that we would have statements on agriculture and climate. They have a united meaning, but they also have a separate meaning. I do not expect the Minister to have answers off the top of his head in response to what I want to talk about today, which is the h…

I certainly will not be mentioning any more names. It is within the agriculture brief and I explained that at the start.

I took a view that today's title was disjunctive rather than conjunctive. Is that the right way of putting it?

Anyway, we need to protect and preserve what is a vital sector within Ireland, both in terms of elite sporting achievement but also in terms of the number of jobs involved. We need to ensure that the great many people who love horse racing, including in my own family I might add, can continue to enjoy and contribute to a sport which is run to the best possible standards of fairness and integrity. When the agriculture committee examined the sector last July to the extent that it did, and the extent to what it can do…

Deliberately so.

Yes.