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from unscheduled care makes perfect sense. The surgical hubs which are being rolled out will help somewhat in that regard but the biggest game changer will be elective hospitals. I have raised with the Minister, head of the HSE and Secretary General of the Department of Health … been stopped because of potential conflicts of interest but hundreds of millions of euro are being spent. The same is happening with outsourcing through the NTPF. We are not building elective hospitals and will not fund 3,000 beds. Elective hospitals, which are a big game changer, will

still have to go ahead and do so. We passed sanctions against Russia, quite correctly, and we need to stop the pussyfooting on the occupied territories Bill - no half measures. There have been no half measures from the terrorist state of Israel in the past two years: hospitals … intimidation of people in the West Bank. That continues. That is why this Bill is so important. We all know what the game plan of Israel is. It is to make sure that there cannot be a two-state solution, break up the West Bank in so many

people seem to be taken in by it. Planning is a balance. As I said at the outset, this is not about stopping it; it is about having a balance in the planning system which is not there at the moment. Many constituents have asked me who exactly … tell you anything else. These companies, their solicitors, their planning experts and all the consultants they have hired are on top of this game. There is big money in this and big investment firms behind it. Bord na Móna has been somewhat better in taking the concerns

leaders in government. For a rationale debate, we need to make appeals to truth, not fears. For a calm debate, we need to stop exaggerating, misrepresenting and facilitating the endless conveyer belt of online lies which too often end up in diluted form on the floor of this … When you look at the approach taken recently, we are not seeing that leadership. We are actually seeing a bit of a blame game going on within the coalition. Throughout the last Government, we regularly saw Fianna Fáil backbenchers coming out briefing against Helen McEntee, when

motor accidents. This would enable drivers and passengers to get quick and fair compensation without the legal battles and the endless blame game we are so familiar with. We should also empower the Injuries Resolution Board by making it the default and the binding route for most personal … ensure that where there are premium reductions, they are actually being passed on to the motorists. There should be profit disclosure rules to stop hidden profit shifting through re-insurance or through reverse manipulation. What would the outcome of these measures be? It would lower costs for consumers

protect others so they do not have to go through what they went through. Imagine being a young child, happily playing games dreaming of what you want to be when you grow up, feeling safe and loved when suddenly that world is shattered. The person you believed loved … date. The abuser who may never see themselves as the problem may walk straight back out of prison with nothing in place to stop them returning to their victim - no safeguards, no protection, nothing. Right now across Ireland, there are children cowering in their bedrooms, children being abused