Pearse Doherty

At least we can put that debate to bed; the Tánaiste does not get it. He simply does not get it. The Tánaiste stood there and the unreality-----

The facts are staring the Tánaiste in the face. He talked about what the Government was doing in terms of energy. Did he not see what the commission released today? Does he know how many people are going into further debt or cannot pay their energy bills since January of this year? In four months, it has increased by 63,000 households. That is since this Government came into office. This means tha…

Energy credits have to be delivered in this year's budget. Otherwise, that is the message the Tánaiste is sending people. There needs to be a cost-of-living package. Yes, we understand there is instability but there was also instability in the last number of years. We have a surplus at this point in time and the Government is happier to provide €186,000 to landlords as a tax credit than actually s…

The Government has all the wrong priorities. It should introduce a cost-of-living package-----

-----because what is happening under its watch is nothing but scandalous.

I did not say that.

Is the Tánaiste suggesting the pandemic was not an issue?

Its profits went up 39% in the last four years. Its profits went up.

Its profits went up 39%. The Tánaiste did nothing about it. He did nothing about it because he has no answer.

The Tánaiste has no answer. Pathetic.

That is disgraceful. That is scandalous.

Scandalous.

That is a slur on Deputy Conway-Walsh and this Chair.

That is disgraceful, calling the integrity of a Member of this House into question.

The Tánaiste should withdraw that comment.

That is a disgraceful comment against Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh-----

-----who is not here to defend herself. It is an absolute slur. It is a cheap stunt because the Tánaiste does not want to answer the questions.

Before I ask my question, perhaps the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will give me the opportunity on this, the last day of this term in the Dáil - although some of us will be here for committees next week and the coming weeks - to thank all the staff on behalf of Sinn Féin, and I am sure everyone else, who keep this place working and going, whether that is in the canteen or the ushers, cleaners and the man…

Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.

The neglect and failure need to end. Endometriosis affects so many women. Like others, I have attended meetings in different parts of the country. I have heard some harrowing stories. There is also a constant theme that no matter where it is in the country, these women feel they have been abandoned by the State, and they have. They feel they have been ignored, dismissed and talked down to. In thos…

That is not a choice.