Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputies for the various issues they raised. Deputy Moynihan mentioned the ongoing issue of boil water notices in Cork North-West. I agree that is not satisfactory. I will alert the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, to the issue once again and ask him to engage with Irish Water on it.

On Deputy O'Reilly's question about X, formerly known as Twitter, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, has sought a meeting with that platform and wants to discuss with it what was said to her by the gardaí. I do not know if it has agreed to that meeting or not. I think Deputy O'Reilly and I would be united in calling for it to agree to meet the Minister in order that she can set out to it what was said to her by the gardaí. I was present at that meeting, by the way, so I know what the Minister, Deputy McEntee, was referring to. I would say to anyone that most of us are active on social media. Every major platform has community standards. We all know which platforms are good at implementing and respecting their own community standards and which are not. I will let people draw their own conclusions in that regard.

Deputy Nolan asked about the N52 between Kilbeggan and Tullamore. We have a €1 billion road budget every year. It is never possible to fund every project every year. It never was. That particular project will, of course, be considered in the context of the roads programme for 2024.

I assure Deputy Tóibín that the Government is not trying to go to battle with anyone. We are just trying to build a North-South interconnector, which is important for energy security, the environment, North-South co-operation and the all-Ireland electricity market. I cannot answer any questions about purchases EirGrid has or has not made but I will pass the question on to it for reply.

In reply to Deputy Shanahan, the IMF has a managing director, Kristalina Georgieva. There is no vacancy. She has yet to decide whether she will seek a second term but if she does, she will have a lot of support for that.

On Deputy Healy-Rae's question on the EU nature restoration law, we believe that can be done entirely on State-owned land. It will be up to each member state to do their own national plan, which we will do. It can be done on state-owned land so any use of private land would not be imposed on the private landowner. They would have to agree to it, be compensated, or paid to make any changes.

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