Hear, hear.

I second the amendment by Senator Mullen. I am calling for a debate with the Minister for Health on what seems to be the perennially unsolvable issue of wait times for essential lifesaving procedures in this country. We all read the harrowing details of the 17-year-old girl named as Ivy in the report of the Ombudsman for Children late last week, who could not breathe at times as her spinal curvature deteriorated from 30 degrees to 135 degrees over the span of her five-year wait for spinal infusion surgery. Progress…

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

Hear, hear.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I thank the Cathaoirleach. I second the proposal to amend the Order of Business. What Senator Mullen proposes to do in the House next week is far more important than what has been going on in the two committee meetings that have been taking place yesterday and today. I call for a debate with the Minister for Justice on the use of body cameras and facial recognition technology. The Government's handling of this will be extremely costly and will result in serious issues relating to data protection and the protection …

We need a debate in this House with the Taoiseach to give us clarity on his stance, and the stance of his Government, on what national conversations or debates are allowed to be held in this country. Last week, the Taoiseach took aim at anti-NATO protesters who demonstrated at the Government's consultative forum on international security policy in Cork on Thursday. He said he had learned about freedom of speech and democracy in the very university they were occupying. He stated firmly that the "most undemocratic th…

Yes, he was there on Thursday morning.

It was the Tánaiste. I beg your pardon. I elevated the Tánaiste to a position I should have-----

I am sorry; it is the Tánaiste. I beg your pardon.

That was false. It is the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin. He said the protesters, in what they were attempting to do, were "behaving in a manner that is intolerant of freedom of speech" and that they did not want to allow other views to come forward. “What you’re saying is, debate on your terms, or on nobody else’s terms”, he said. Yet, the Tánaiste is on record as stating unequivocally-----

I did state that.

I did say it was in Cork and, yes, I did make a mistake and should have stated it was the Tánaiste.