I think Mattie has spoken favourably of the contrast between civilised behaviour and your types of actions and behaviour.

Very serious issues arise in terms of the budgetary position in health from what we can gather and glean. Apart from the action taken by the non-consultant hospital doctors, quite a number of cancellations of surgery have been made between now and the end of the year. Hospitals are telling their staff to cancel surgeries because of inadequate resources, lack of finances and trying to square the circle before the end of the year. We got various estimates starting about a month ago as to the potential degree of overruns in the health service. My primary concern is patient safety and ensuring people get timely operations as planned. Can the Taoiseach confirm to the House whether there will be a need for a Supplementary Estimate for the health area before the end of the year? I remember asking the same question at an earlier period last year and the Taoiseach categorically saying "No" but there turned out to be a very substantial one. I want a straight answer "Yes" or "No" as to whether there will be one this year.

Mention has been made of the Priory Hall scandal. The Taoiseach endeavoured to make a political colour of that issue at times and it did him no favours, the fact that he tended to dress it up in some sort of political commentary about the period and all of that. The reality is there was regulation. Regulation was enforced in other local authorities, and up to some years ago, I can recall a school, having been completed, not being opened because of the width of a corridor. The burning question about Priory Hall is who oversaw what within the local authority and who certified what? Are there any plans to have an inquiry into this to get to the answers as to how fire certificates and a variety of certification that was always required was not produced? It just did not happen.

In that context, there is the pyrite levy Bill, which relates to a range of other residents in different scenarios who are also under huge pressure. I would appreciate it if the Taoiseach could give me an update on the setting up of the pyrite remediation board.

This is a matter on which the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, is in discussion with the Cabinet. It is a case of considering what is the best thing to do to provide moneys to deal with the thousands of homes so afflicted. I cannot give the Deputy a date for this Bill. There are a number of complications with it in terms of property issues. I expect that the Minister, Deputy Hogan, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Finance will have a number of meetings about this to see what is the best thing to do. Clearly, we must arrive at a solution for these people. As the Deputy is aware, I have been in a number of their homes over the years. They are not very nice. A substantial amount is involved and it will take some time to conclude it for everybody. I am not sure, as I speak to the Deputy now, whether the pyrite levy Bill is the right way to go.

It may not be the right way to go.

It may not.