That is not true.

Yes, but it is not the truth.

Do not tell untruths.

You are the Taoiseach.

You are the leader.

We have done several studies.

I ask the Tánaiste to think about this amendment because we in Sinn Féin are trying to find practical solutions. I have been trying to find practical solutions to this situation with pyrite and defective concrete blocks for over a decade. We keep presenting solutions to Government that are not accepted, so I ask the Tánaiste to look at this amendment. It makes sense. It is time-limited. There are homeowners who are in a position to rebuild their homes but they do not have alternative accommodation. This is particul…

To continue on that, the Tánaiste really needs to get that this is not just business as usual but a humanitarian situation. The bottom line for me in Mayo, right from the beginning when I first saw people's houses collapsing, was that nobody would be left behind or locked out of this scheme because they could not afford to get into it, could not find an alternative property or whatever else might lock them out. We cannot leave people behind in this situation because it was not their fault. It was not their fault th…

I commend my colleagues Matt Carthy and Maria McCormack on bringing this critical Bill forward. Above all, I welcome the women in the Gallery and thank them from the bottom of my heart for all that they have done and all that they continue to do. I want them to know that it really matters and that it will bring about the change that we need to make when we stand together. I believe the Minister knows that we have confidence and faith in him that he will make the changes that are needed here so that we are not comin…

I too wish Paschal Donohoe the very best of luck for the future. We managed to disagree agreeably most of the time. I want to recognise the contribution he has made to political life. I ask him to consider taking a lead from his former leader Leo Varadkar in terms of the work that he has done as an ambassador for the reunification of our island. There are many issues that are facing us that can only be tackled on an all-island basis. There are some wonderful books and academic papers that he can refer to in all of …

He can write a book too.

The Minister of State referred to the road freight forum. I could not be in front of the Minister of State without mentioning the western rail corridor and the important part it will play in addressing freight transport in the future. I look forward to an imminent announcement to ensure this is going to happen as quickly as possible. The Minister of State also referred in his statement to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021. The carbon tax has been an integral part of the Government's…

The EU drinking water regulations came into effect in Irish law in March 2023.

The EU drinking water regulations. I raise it in the context of the ongoing intolerable situation where 500 households in Ballycroy and Inishbiggle, in County Mayo are left without water for days on end. The way to solve this is to allow some flexibility in the multi-annual water programme to enable moneys that have been returned to the Department, or are to be returned to the Department, from one scheme to be reallocated to another scheme that desperately needs it. There is a gravity-fed group scheme in Ballycroy …

That is not Irish Water

It is a group scheme.

Thank you.

I commend the work of Dublin City University, Aberdeen University and University College Dublin on the constitutional deliberations from grassroots that is being done by Dr. Shelley Deane, Professor Joanne McEvoy and Professor Jennifer Todd. I raise this because this work has been done with focus groups in Mayo, Bellaghy, Longford, Cookstown and Monaghan. The shared island unit, which is very much welcome, is doing work on women and the Constitution. I ask that the unit uses this academic work to underpin what the …

I am trying to avoid reinventing the wheel.

It is not-----