Verona Murphy

Deputy Murphy, you know it is not the format.

I ask you not to ignore me, Deputy.

I ask the Taoiseach not to encourage the Deputy. I ask the Deputy to please not ignore me. There is a format here and it is Taoiseach's Questions.

Deputy, please. Be fair to other Members.

Deputy Sheehan, yes.

It is rhetorical.

Thank you, Taoiseach. We will have an extra minute and a half on the next question, which is to ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will meet next. That will give Members a minute each.

I know.

That concludes the contributions. There are just over nine minutes for the Taoiseach to reply to the 12 Deputies.

I call Deputy Danny Healy-Rae.

Time is up, Deputy.

Is that eight minutes and four minutes?

I congratulate the Deputy. I was not aware it was his first speech here since being elected.

We are short of time so I ask for a single reply.

Is this all on the public record?

Sorry to interrupt but I think the Deputy needs to clarify that he is making his point by using an example rather than an insinuation against-----

But that individual-----

Yes, but the Deputy cannot bring somebody-----

Mr. Ramsay.

That is what I am asking the Deputy to clarify.

Broadcasting at its best.

The Select Committee on Education and Youth has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2026: Vote 26 - Education and Youth.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Joe Cooney - To discuss the need to provide funding to local authorities for the refurbishment costs of tenant in situ scheme houses. Deputy Jen Cummins - To discuss the DEIS plus appeals process Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - To disc…

Please, Deputy Ó Murchú.

In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is deferred until the next weekly division time.