I call Deputy Mark Ward. I thought the Deputy was incognito there for a while.

I call Deputy Ó Broin who will share time with Deputies Carthy, Conway-Walsh, Cronin and Martin Kenny.

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. In the Sinn Féin slot, we will have Deputies Ó Snodaigh, O'Reilly, Mitchell and Martin Kenny.

I thank the Minister of State. This is a very important matter that we had the opportunity to discuss. Having advocated the establishment of the all-party Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community, an ad hoc process is in place while we are waiting to re-establish it on a permanent basis. The case the Minister of State has brought forward is proof positive of the need to get that committee back into permanent existence-----

-----so she can travel the country and see these halting sites. I am amazed that the esteemed officials in Cork need to bring intermediaries in to interpret what the requirements of the Traveller community in Cork are. They all speak the same language so it should be possible for them, without the aid of intermediaries, to work out what is needed, especially if there is €1.4 million in the coffers to do the work.

Before I call the Minister of State to respond, I will say that when it comes to parliamentary questions and Topical Issue matters, I am advised, as all my predecessors have been, on whether I should accept or reject particular questions. There have been a whole host of questions from the Deputy on this particular matter and, with very few exceptions, the advice I have got is to rule him out of order, which I have not done. The reason I have not is that while I fully accept the separation of powers, I also fully ac…

I thank the Deputy. We will now hear 30-second questions.

The question relates to people who may have moved out of their areas to somewhere else returning to their local school.

I will ask Members to stick to one minute each, because there are many questions in this grouping.

Given the range of questions perhaps we could take five minutes from the other block, or else the Taoiseach will have just two and three-quarter minutes to address those questions. Is that agreed?

Okay, so I propose seven and a half minutes.

We are running out of time.

Time is up. We need to move on to Question No. 12. Questions Nos. 12 to 29, inclusive, have been grouped. That is 18 questions in total from 11 questioners. I suggest that the remaining 25 minutes be given to this group of questions.

There are 11 people asking questions, but all right.

What way do you want to deal with it then?

Give it all to housing. All right, 25 minutes.

Yes.

Does anyone else want 30 seconds for anything else?

We can give a minute and a half to each Deputy here. I call Deputy Bacik.

Please do not interrupt, Deputy.