Perhaps you could provide it to Senator Kyne because I can see there are a number of pages to go.

On behalf of the House I congratulate the Minister on his recent engagement to his partner, Ray. Every good wish for the future.

The Minister is again welcome to the House. This is a technical Bill providing the Minister for Education with a direct line for policy direction and oversight of Tusla in respect of its education welfare functions. The functions vested in the Minister for Education in last year's statutory instrument cover the home school community liaison scheme, the school completion programme and the educational welfare service, which make up the three strands of Tusla's education support service. Tusla stated that all three st…

Stalking is a clear example of a crime which has become all too common, facilitated by the rise in communications technology. The word no longer conjures up images of hooded figures in dark alleys but of inboxes spammed with messages, private social media accounts being bombarded with comments, identity theft, phone calls and more. There has been a move over the past decade or so to an online life, which has been made more drastic by Covid and has led to many victims of stalking being unable to escape their torment…

What a pleasure it is to be back in our own Chamber. I hope that as we approach the lifting of restrictions on 22 October, other aspects of life in Leinster House will likewise return to normal. I wish to call for a debate on what is to be done about the horrific instances of murder-suicides in rural farming communities. Yesterday morning, a woman and her 24-year-old son were laid to rest in County Kerry. They were kind and gentle people taken from us by a wanton act of violence. The tragedy comes while the terribl…

The Minister is very welcome to the House, as always, although, to be honest, I wish he was not here. I wish none of us were here because I am shocked and deeply disappointed that this legislation has been drafted and is before us today. In a mere couple of months, medical apartheid has gone from being discounted by the media as a scaremongering conspiracy theory-----

-----to Government policy. Scientists and policymakers alike have warned about this since vaccines were still in development. Articles in The New York Times and The Washington Post as far back as October 2020 discussed, in dire tones, the social consequences of creating a vaccinated overclass. It has been an odd feeling seeing people-----

I did not interrupt the Senator. I ask her not to interrupt me.

It has been an odd feeling seeing-----

I will continue with my speech. It has been an odd feeling seeing people celebrate receiving their Covid passes online. It is dystopian to see people so glad to be granted this piecemeal freedom by the Government, as if these fundamental rights were its to give and take as it sees fit. However, I do not blame people for grasping at any sliver of hope that might allow them finally escape the miasma of fear that has descended on this country, called down by incessant panic-inducing media coverage, a dearth of effecti…

I reserve the right to have my speech on the record of the House.

How many times do I have to say this?

Hear, hear.

Who is he talking about? Any discrimination is wrong. Any discrimination is unacceptable----

May I come in there?

I was referenced there.

Will there be?

Any discrimination is unacceptable.

So health discrimination is all right.

Now is fine. I thank the Acting Chairperson and appreciate that he has changed that around for me. I thank the Minister for once again coming into this Chamber to listen to us. Sometimes I have been quite critical of him and his Department and of the way it has handled this situation. I thank him for the respect he has shown Opposition Senators and the manner in which he has treated us - he has treated us quite fairly. He will not get any pushback from me about this motion on section 9. We are where we are because …