John McGuinness

I call Deputy O’Meara.

No. Sit down. The Deputy is out of order and Deputy Coppinger is out of order.

I call Deputy O’Meara.

The Tánaiste cannot reply to matters that were being dealt with legally, or those matters. We should all know that.

No, it is not about policy.

Deputy Carthy.

That concludes Questions on Policy or Legislation.

I was only testing to see whether you were there.

Thank you, Deputy.

Thank you, Deputy Coppinger.

An bhfuiltear ag cur in aghaidh an Bhille?

Iarraim ar dhuine de na Teachtaí tairiscint a dhéanamh go dtógfar an Dara Chéim in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha.

Is the Bill being opposed?

Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

Is the Bill being opposed?

Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

Deputy Butterly has set it all out very well. It raises the question as to why people within the system do not listen and why they turn a deaf ear to a lot of the information they get. Some of it is quite harrowing yet it is just kept quiet and then we are here today looking back years ago. It begs a question about the use of this House and the committee system to allow people to come forward unde…

Will the Deputy conclude?

Thanks, Deputy Murphy.

The M7 to Dublin from Carlow and Kilkenny is heavily congested. Drivers are frustrated by the traffic and the delays. The number of business vehicles using the route has increased substantially. I would like to see some action on it. I draw the Minister of State's attention to the need for huge investment in local routes in Kilkenny city. Places like the Lyrath Estate Hotel, the Abbott facility a…

I thought that in all the announcements about road projects, there might be something about the ring road for Kilkenny.

Deputy, please, allow the Tánaiste to conclude.

Order, please.

Deputy Doherty, your time is up.

Can we have some order, please?