-----they should be giving it. It is a crisis situation and I want the Taoiseach to intervene properly.

I also wish to raise the matter of statistics provided by the Irish Prison Service in recent days which show the number of people being jailed for the non-payment of television licences has increased from 183-----

What legislation is this?

I am coming to it. The number has increased to 272. Over the past five years there has been a five-fold increase in the number of people being jailed for this offence, quite simply because they do not have the money.

I call the Taoiseach.

Under the telecommunications legislation, people will now be asked to pay for a licence even if they do not have a television. This is wrong and unfair when criminals can roam the country-----

We are not debating it.

-----and are availing of the revolving door syndrome. The Department sees fit to jail people who do not pay their television licence.

I can put the Deputy in the picture regarding people going to jail for non-payment of television licences. I have already answered a question about the fines (amendment) Bill, which is due for publication this session. The Deputy can have full transmission when it comes to the Dáil.

What about the fodder crisis? Surely the Taoiseach can give a proper answer.