So it is all right to close the 34 in Cork.

Who are we talking about?

That is the second Minister today who got mad at me for some reason.

There are serious concerns with the Bill. As is often the case with the Government, it waits until the last minute to try to rush through legislation. The concerns raised by academics and service providers need to be listened to. The University of Galway has raised concerns about the treatment of minors, the lack of meaningful engagement and the criteria for extending timelines. I want to raise concerns about the treatment of minors in this State when they are held involuntarily either as wards of court or through …

That is not true. That is a terrible thing to say.

No, no.

Unfortunately, I stand up here today and I cannot give my speech as Gaeilge but thanks to Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers in Farranferris my two daughters can. A funny story; last Sunday I watched the Cork hurlers play Kilkenny on TG4. My wife and my daughter could understand it, but I was struggling to get bits of words. Is it not great that my wife and my two daughters have done something now that I cannot do? I am very proud of that. They brought the Irish language back to Assumption Road, where it always was. The proble…

Will the Minister of State outline whether any specific funding is available for capital projects for women's sports where the organisations do not currently own a playing pitch?

I am very passionate about women's sports. My wife and daughters play camogie. In the constituency I am from, so many young women and girls are successful in sport. Tonight, unfortunately, the soccer team was beaten 2-1 by France and a girl from Knocknaheeny, Denise O'Sullivan, was playing centre field. There are girls like Amy O'Connor and Amy Lee playing Cork senior camogie and winning all-Irelands, Nathalie O'Brien playing in a world cup, basketballer Edel Thornton, Ellie Murray in boxing and Megan Leahy in taek…

The Minister of State must have no concept of what is happening in women's sports. In Cork we have a club, Glanmire ladies football, that is one of the biggest in the county, if not the country. In 2017, it was a junior B club; in 2018, it won the junior A all-Ireland; and in 2024, it won the intermediate all-Ireland. It has four adult teams but the problem is the boys club has five adult teams. The boys do not have enough pitches, so where does that leave the girls? The president of the club, Brian Lotty, told me …

I spoke to them. There is no land in Glanmire.

Minister of State, would you look at it at least?

Yes, but rent is three years-----

It is three years for students' rent.

That is-----

How much will rents go up?

If not by 25%, then by how much?

Deputy Doherty asked the Tánaiste a question.

The Government talks an awful lot about how the Opposition does not bring forward solutions. We are sick and tired of bringing forward solutions. The Minister of State spoke about working together. We want to work together. We want to end long-term homelessness and get children out of emergency accommodation and into a safe, sustainable home with a roof over their head somewhere they can build a life. We want to stop the trauma. That is what we want to do. The Minister of State said that is what the Government want…

For six years, SouthDoc, which provides the out-of-hours service in Cork, has done everything to remove its offices from the northside. In 2021, following a very strong public campaign, we got SouthDoc on the northside reopened. However, in the past number of years, services have been reduced. In January, a miracle happened. SouthDoc in Blackpool reopened. The reason was that the tender is due at the end of this month, so it was reopened because SouthDoc wants to get the tender again. The service is not going out t…