I thank the Minister. We are out of time.

Deputy Berry is sharing his time with Deputy Tóibín.

I thank Deputy Collins. It is good to see him be so generous with information for his constituency colleague.

That is a separate matter and not for today's discussion.

Let us not have an argument.

Can we hear the Minister and then we will see how we progress?

Wait, please.

Can we hear the Minister?

I will try to bring some clarity to this. It would be better if we did not start accusing each other of acting inappropriately. My understanding, for everybody's benefit, is that this a questions and answers session and it is desirable that those asking the questions leave time for the questions to be answered, but in circumstances where people have more questions than they have time available to them, it is and has been my understanding that Members might indicate that they would be happy to have a response in wri…

I thank Deputy Connolly. I call Deputy Carey now, and then the Minister will wrap up.

In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the next weekly division time.

The Minister is now present. I will just point out, and I mean no offence or challenge to the Minister, that it is increasingly becoming the case that Ministers are turning up late for the commencement of business. The day is long and difficult enough, and we are 20 minutes behind schedule. This is the second time today that we are late commencing a debate because we have been waiting for a Minister. I call Deputy Pringle.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Neale Richmond and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill - to raise issues concerning the operation of the Passport Office during Level 5 restrictions; (2) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss an update on plans for St. Gabriel’s special school in Bishopstown; (3) Deputies Mattie McGrath, Carol Nolan, Michael Collins, Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy-Rae, Ri…

Deputy Carroll MacNeill has arrived just in the nick of time.

We will return to the Minister of a State in a few moments. We short-changed the two Deputies in the first round, so we can give them two minutes each in this round. I call Deputy Richmond.

I suspect the public may sometimes find it rather difficult to queue patiently for these facilities.

I thank the Taoiseach whose time is up. We move now to the Regional Group. I call Deputy Canney.

The House has agreed that for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency only, the rapporteur's report of the Business Committee will be taken as read. Arising from it, there are just two proposals to be considered. Is the proposal for dealing with Wednesday's business agreed to?

Thank you, Deputy.

Sorry, Deputy.