Pearse Doherty

I do.

I have.

I absolutely-----

No. I did not say that.

I did not say that.

Éireoidh teipeanna tithíochta an Rialtais níos measa mar níl sé in ann infreastruchtúr bunúsach a phleanáil agus a bhainistiú i gceart. Tá fadhbanna ann inár ngréasán uisce agus leictreachais ag cur moill ar na mílte tithe agus á gcur i mbaol. For years we have listened to the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, say that housing is their number one priority yet every single day we …

It is time to get real. The ESRI, the Central Bank, the Secretary General of the Department of the environment, Uisce Éireann and the approved housing bodies - the list goes on and on - all say the Government is failing on the basic issues. As Deputy Ó Broin has rightly pointed out, Uisce Éireann has been looking for money for a year and a half. Across all of our constituencies, projects cannot go…

The woman sitting beside you objected to 8,000 homes. Maybe have a word with her.

I have never objected to houses, but the Minister of State beside you objected to 8,000 homes.

To add insult to injury, we have a person from an approved housing body, the largest in the State, taking to the national airwaves saying that 3,000 social and affordable houses will not be delivered as a result of red tape, bureaucracy and delays by the Minister and his Department.

I put it to the Tánaiste that the Government is going to miss its targets again. Does he accept that?

What does he say about the fact 3,000 social and affordable homes will not be delivered, as they should be delivered and as people want to deliver them, because of the delays and red tape in the Department?

I asked you twice whether you met the targets.

It has been 14 years and you have nothing to show for it.

We want you to work together with us on this. You voted against us last night.

On the Tánaiste’s watch, the Irish Air Corps traffic control at Baldonnel is moving to five days per week. It does not have the personnel to provide full seven-day cover. The air traffic controllers based there manage military, helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft. They also manage Garda aircraft. Garda leadership is now looking for alternatives because responding to crime, as the Tánaiste knows, is…

Of course it does.

The Government can stop it.

So, should we let Israel fund its war and its genocide?

When we read the report words kind of fail us. We have heard words over the last number of days such as "shocked" and "disgraceful" from parents who are dealing with the anger and the emotion. As my party colleague, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, mentioned earlier, one parent felt they had let their child down. This is an emotion expressed by many of the parents I have spoken to. It is the wrong emotio…

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill gives us the power to put a block on war bonds being sold through the Irish Central Bank across the European Union, the power to finally sanction Israel. If the Government's words mean anything, it will support this Bill because words mean nothing if the Government refuses to act. There are hard decisions and easy decisions. I listened…

Is the Minister serious? That is just pathetic.

It is pathetic nonsense. It is only the Irish Central Bank that is allowed to do this.

It would not be happening in our name. At least we would be standing up against the genocide.

That is a disgraceful speech. That speech is going to go down in history. It is a disgraceful speech from the Minister.