The Minister and Minister of State should go back and read the Act because I do not believe they have any understanding of what they are looking to do and what we are looking to do. We are looking to protect one of the few things that the previous Minister, Deputy O'Brien, did when he was in office by listening to all the Opposition parties when we put forward a tenant in situ scheme as a way of preventing homelessness. I will put an idea to the Minister of State. As a Corkman, he should understand this. There were…

Broken promises and strokes.

We have more TDs than you. You lost the election.

You made promises.

You are the third-largest party.

Hear, hear.

Will there be a space for every child?

Will there be a space for every child in September?

There was €4,500 for the door, €13,200 for the plinth and steps and €141,000 for site works. You would think we were talking about building a mansion, but instead we are talking about fixing up a small fireman's hut in Cork City Council. A total of €361,000 has been spent on repairing this hut and it is not finished yet. I have spoken to contractors about this and they told me these prices are exorbitant. They said it is unbelievable the sums that have been spent and wasted. The hut is 8 ft high and the scaffolding…

The funny part of this is that some Government back bench TDs have not turned up for their time.

We are talking about an issue-----

It happened again last week and the week before.

Today in Cork city-----

Can I have my time back, please?

We have been interrupted. If a Sinn Féin person stands up and interrupts, we get lambasted.

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael TDs are looking for speaking time in here and they are not turning up.

They are crying that it is the end of the world, but they are not turning up.

There are loads of Opposition people who would take their speaking time. I will take extra time if I can get it.

We will go back to another area where the Government is failing. In Cork city, figures show that there are 26 fewer gardaí compared with the end of 2023 and a staggering 61 fewer gardaí compared with two years ago. At the same time, over the past 12 months, burglaries, thefts and extortion have increased by 53% in the southern region. Last year, my constituency was subjected to a terrifying ordeal involving numerous petrol bombs, shootings and attacks on innocent homes where people were mistakenly identified. We sa…

What is the number of businesses in Cork that received the power up grant; the number of businesses that received the increased cost of business grant, ICOB 1; and the number of businesses that wrote to the Department requesting assistance because of a mistake that was made in the initial ICOB application, which then prevented access later on to the power up grant?