There is no doubt but that there will be a massive increase. Apart from the great pride and everybody cheering our women on, it will lead to more people getting involved and more pressure on facilities. As part of the sports capital programme, funding will be geared to ensuring we have inclusion and increased participation at all levels, including among women and girls. As I mentioned in response to an earlier question, we also have initiatives at senior board level which are designed to get more women on boards an…

Cuirim fáilte roimh na páistí atá anseo ó Scoil Mobhí i nGlas Naíon. Tá fáilte rompu isteach sa Dáil inniu. I was talking about my wife playing sport. Coincidentally, she used to play Gaelic in Na Fianna, next door to our visitors. That is a complete coincidence. The Deputy raised important questions. I, the Minister and the Government are very committed to the issue. We will work with the Deputy and the Government bodies. At the meetings I have with every body, including the FAI, the issue of women in sport is top…

I thank the Senator and the Cathaoirleach for their kind comments. I thank the Senator for raising this matter and I apologise that the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, is not available. She asked me to take this matter. The Government approved the priority drafting of the registration of short-term tourist letting Bill and publication of the general scheme of the Bill in December. It provides for the registration of short-term tourist lettings with Fáilte Ireland in line with the commitment under Housing for All…

I thank the Senator for raising the issue. The Minister said she looks forward to working with Oireachtas colleagues to progress the legislation in the interests of tourism and its sustainable development and in contributing to solving our housing crisis. We hope this legislation passes this year. I am not privy to its agenda, but I have no doubt the joint committee will be taking the full opportunity to engage with as many stakeholders as possible. We have a very serious housing crisis in this country. We must pul…

Exactly.

I never heard of it.

Hear, hear.

That is not true. We have been fully approved.

This is misinformation.

Yes.

That is conspiracy theory stuff.

You did actually.

I will counteract the misinformation about the alleged militarisation-----

-----of the EU that first came from Deputy McDonald last week.

The Leas Cheann-Comhairle is now repeating it.

I do not know whether what the Taoiseach said-----

-----could be repeated, because the Taoiseach made this point and stated the facts.

Okay. As the Taoiseach said less than an hour and a half ago, spending on defence and security is a national competence. Decisions on that are, in the first instance, for each member state to decide on. We decide on our military spending. Dáil Éireann decides on our military spending. Nobody in Brussels or NATO is telling us what to do with our military forces. We decide that in this Dáil. These conspiracy theories about some kind of militarisation happening in the EU need to be put to an end. It is our decision on…

I reject terms such as "European globalists". Deputy Mattie McGrath should look into the origins of those conspiracy theories. The agenda for next week's meeting of the European Council will be discussed by European affairs ministers at the General Affairs Council next week in Brussels, which I will attend. I will focus, as the Taoiseach has said, on a number of external relations issues which are on the agenda of the December European Council. The Council sets general policy among the leaders to the European insti…

Those are after the post-European Council statements.