John McGuinness

Please, Deputy Gould.

That is it. We will move on to the next question.

Allow the Minister to answer, Deputy Hearne.

Does Deputy Hearne wish to respond?

Deputy Hearne, allow the Minister to respond.

Deputy Hearne has made his point, the Minister has responded and the Deputy brought up what was said previously. I want to bring Deputy Hearne's attention to the Standing Order that states it is not in order to accuse a member of Government of deliberately misleading the House. If an allegation of this nature is to be made against any Member, it should be made by way of a substantive motion. I hav…

The earlier remark, yes.

No, that is not the remark the Deputy made. I will not get into an argument with him about it because I know it will just drag on. It was in relation to accusing a member of Government of deliberately misleading the House.

The Deputy might want to check the Official Report and come back to us, please.

Okay, that is fine. We will not waste time on it.

Deputy Doherty, please. I call Deputy Kelly.

Under Standing Order 38A, I now call Deputy Carol Nolan.

The Deputy should conclude.

Deputy Conway-Walsh, please.

I thank Deputy Murphy. Is the Bill opposed?

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

Before I call Deputy Crowe, I welcome all those in the Public Gallery. I am sure they are interested in the debate. Some are here at the invitation of the Minister of State, Deputy Troy. There is a group that represents Down's syndrome families in Kilkenny. It includes Ciara Hayes, Danny Roche, John Barry, Mary Barry and Sean Manicle, and the two leaders of that group who are central to it, Cormac…

With the permission of the House I will call on the Social Democrats and Deputy Sinéad Gibney, and come back to the other speakers who are listed.

Some of the speakers are not available yet.

We will give them an opportunity. We are ahead of time.

I want to pick up on a phrase used by Deputy Gibney. It cannot be business as usual. Deputy Gibney is absolutely correct. The world is in a crisis, changing every single day with the usual norms not being acknowledged or adhered to. Countries are having to reshape or reset their policies in order to deal with the daily changes that are being brought on us, mainly by the US President, Donald Trump,…

I will make a point about services in this country and the general bureaucracy that holds up every single development that is undertaken. I should not say "every single development" but it is an issue for some major developments. We do not seem to be capable of empowering local authorities or Government agencies to deliver efficiently and well. If that was done, we would not have the same number o…

I thank the Deputy.

I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.

There is no doubt that the Bill is needed and that the regulatory framework to which the Minister of State commits is needed. In fact, it is long overdue. I am happy to see the service providers in this area regulated. I am also happy to see HIQA applying standards and that there are safeguards for the users of the service. Likewise, the role of the chief inspector and the work to be undertaken by…