Is there a Bermuda triangle down there in Cork?

The Deputy is nothing if not relentless, anyway.

I would say Deputy Murnane O'Connor would accept a dispensation for Carlow.

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: Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss the need for an ASD unit for Skerries Educate Together National School. Deputies Thomas Gould, Mick Barry and Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the provision of sanctioned ASD classes in Scoil Eoin, Ballincollig, Cork. Deputy Carol Nolan - To discuss delivery of a project under the additional school accommodation scheme for C…

Before I call the Minister of State to respond, I wish to make the procedures here quite clear. When a Deputy tables an issue for a Topical Issue debate and it is selected, the Department is notified. If the Department is not able to supply a Minister or a Minister of State, the Department is required to contact the Member and tell them so. The Member may then decide to proceed with the Topical Issue debate or not. If people were not happy, then they should not have proceeded. If they were happy, then sin scéal eil…

Am I to understand from the reply that the Department carried out an in-depth review of the site in 2021 and that it took until January 2024 for the NCSE to confirm that three classes were needed, which it knew were needed before it started in the first place? Is that what the reply is saying?

I thank the Deputy.

It seems to me that the NCSE is the body that has significant questions to answer about how it conducts its business, if it took three years to conclude what the Department had concluded in 2021. There is progress. The Minister is going to meet and hopefully matters will move on for the children, who are the most important people, and they will be looked after.

The vote is deferred until the voting block this evening. We shall now proceed, later than usual, to Leaders’ Questions under Standing Order 36. I apologise to everyone.

Please let the Taoiseach answer.

Please let the Taoiseach answer without interruption.

Please, Deputy.

Please, Deputy.

It might be, but the Deputy is getting into extremely dangerous territory. We are not entitled to make any accusations or implications in respect of the professionalism of any individual, whether he or she is leading a hospital or in any other profession.

Thank you, Deputy, your time is up.

There are a good few roads in Kildare that are not too hot.

I call Deputy Mac Lochlainn. I do not know what the roads are like in Donegal.

I understand the Minister of State is going to request a Clerk's correction.

I thank the Minister of State and hereby direct the Clerk to incorporate the changes as requested. It just shows that text language is finding its way into legislation as well. We now proceed to the Report and Final Stages. Amendments Nos. 1, 3, 10, 21, 28 to 30, inclusive, 36, 43 and 44 are related and will be taken together.

Amendments Nos. 4 to 9, inclusive, 11 to 20, inclusive, 22 to 27, inclusive, 32 to 35, inclusive, and 37 to 42, inclusive, are related. Amendment No. 8 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 7; amendment No. 19 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 18; amendment No. 34 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 33; and amendments Nos. 4 to 9, inclusive, and 11 to 20, inclusive, 22 to 27, inclusive, 32 to 35, inclusive, and 37 to 42, inclusive, will be discussed together.