I call on Deputy Fitzmaurice. There is a telephone interfering somewhere.

Media reports this morning-----

Ming is coming home for Christmas

Media reports this morning-----

Okay, Deputy.

Media reports this morning are saying that €300 million in additional tax revenue will be announced this evening, which is welcome. The Taoiseach and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation have travelled around the country announcing the number of jobs that will be created over the coming years. They have gone to eight regions. One region, which includes the second biggest county in Ireland, the third biggest county, which is the Taoiseach's home county, and Roscommon, have sadly, in the period between 2013 and 2015, lost 4,000 jobs. Last week in the High Court, a High Court judge said that mental health services in Roscommon were in disarray. In 2011, the Government took the TEN-T funding from the west, when it was reallocated to Foynes and Cork. Two months ago, the Minister announced on RTE "Six One News" that a few towns in the west would have broadband by Christmas, but that is another broken promise.

Last week, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government announced that rates would be dropped for utilities companies, yet SMEs will get no break. What has gone wrong? Will the Taoiseach set up a task force or get his Ministers to concentrate on the counties in the west that are in difficulty at the moment? The Taoiseach might have forgotten, but he is from the west.

That comment is beneath the Deputy as a fellow west of Ireland man.

The Taoiseach is well able to give it.

If that is the extent of Deputy Fitzmaurice's vision, I do not share his view on the range of questions he has asked. It is an indication of the credit that must go to the Irish people - north, south, east and west - for the way they have accepted the challenges of the mess that we inherited.

The Taoiseach was going to get the Army in.

The fact that the Minister for Finance is in a position to report income of €3 billion before the end of November from corporate taxes and VAT, which is more than was projected for the entire year, speaks for itself. In that regard, the opportunity to further reduce the national debt is in the Deputy's interest and is everybody's interest.

I want to make it clear that simply because we happen to be heading towards the end of the lifetime of this Government and that an election will take place in the spring, the Government will continue-----

I thought we were going to have it in November.

-----to deliberately manage the financial affairs of this country in a prudent and competent fashion. Simply because an election is on the way does not mean that there will be a rash of endless promises that cannot be-----

The Taoiseach cannot make any more promises.

-----met. Deputy Fitzmaurice will note that the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners has indicated that just €300 million of that €3 billion needs to be considered separately and that the remainder is sustainable and will continue for the future.

The Deputy has referred to various important matters, such as TEN-T funding, broadband and rates. The Government changed the legislation to allow for the ESB to partner with a service supplier, Vodafone, the company called Siro, which is now in direct competition with Eir, formerly Eircom, to provide broadband throughout the country. The tender for procurement for servicing the area in which the State will have to intervene should be issued by the end of 2015 or very early in 2016. As the Deputy knows, one can check on any of the maps for indications of when broadband will be available.

Deputy Fitzmaurice is also aware that Apple is investing €1 billion in the Athenry area for data content storage. I can confirm that the splicing has taken place on the last link of the cable from Shirley, New York, to the west coast of Ireland. That will improve the broadband capacity immensely in the time ahead. I pointed out that in the far flung west, €100 million is being invested in a new wood burning power plant which will provide another opportunity for farmers with marginal land to increase their income through the growing of appropriate timber.

It is not true to say that SMEs are getting no breaks. I have just come from a meeting in Newbridge this morning which over 200 people from the business sector attended. They pointed out various inadequacies in the structure of SMEs in terms of micro loans, access to credit, facilities for training, upskilling and new employment, the JobBridge scheme and the JobsPlus scheme, all of which were discussed by people working in the sector.

Deputy Fitzmaurice will also note the increase in private and commercial vehicles. The Government has listened carefully and the 20 rates of tax for commercial vehicles will be reduced to five on 1 January 2016. Hauliers, in particular, appreciate the reduction from over €5,000 to a maximum of €900 in tax for major trucks. These apply in the west, from where the Deputy comes but perhaps he has not noticed.

These apply in the west but they also apply in every other part of Ireland. The Central Statistics Office has released its figures, which I have no reason to doubt and which show that there are 4,000 fewer people working in the three counties to which I referred than there was in 2013.

The Taoiseach talks about farmers. We should have someone on an aeroplane to meet the agriculture Minister for in England. Yesterday, the beef barons of Ireland and England announced that cattle exported from Ireland to England would take €1 per kilogram less. This has effectively stopped our exports to England. We should have someone addressing that.

The fact is that the TEN-T funding for major infrastructural projects, such as Knock Airport in the Taoiseach's county, the ring road in Galway, and a main road from Dublin to Castlebar, which is needed, was stopped by this Government in 2011.

The Deputy should ask a question.

The facts are that electricity suppliers have gotten the break on the rates.

Small businesses which pay the rates in each county are struggling but there is nothing there for them. The Taoiseach himself has said that Galway hospital is in chaos.

Come on Deputy. You are over time.

A High Court judge has said the mental health services in Roscommon are in chaos. We know-----

They are not in chaos.

We know the numbers of unemployed. We know what has happened in the west. Is the Taoiseach prepared-----

It is not in chaos. Go down and have a look at it. I was there myself last week. You should not talk about Roscommon hospital. It is open for business and better than ever.

Is the Taoiseach prepared to tackle these head on for the benefit of people?

Go into Roscommon and have a look at the hospital. You should sit down. You are a fool.

Sit down you. Your day is over.

You are a fool.

Deputy Feighan, sit down.

It is beneath a Member to call someone a fool.

You are a fool.

Your day is over.

Stay quiet Deputy Feighan or I will ask you to leave the Chamber.

I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle. I just get a bit upset when I hear that kind of talk.

A Cheann Comhairle, Deputy Feighan called Deputy Fitzmaurice a fool.

Is it not beneath a Member to call someone a fool across the floor of the House?

There is too much grandstanding. Members are not impressing anybody. We are all long enough around here.

There must be an election in the offing.

Deputy Fitzmaurice comes from County Galway. The Central Statistics Office figures he quoted also point out that the numbers on the live register in Galway have reduced from 25,389 to 15,677, a drop of 40% since 2010, the lowest in seven years. Maybe Deputy Fitzmaurice has not noticed-----

Is the Taoiseach telling me that there are fewer people working?

Stay quiet Deputy. You have had your say.

Maybe Deputy Fitzmaurice-----

I am telling the Taoiseach the facts.

Deputy Fitzmaurice had his chance to speak.

Frankie, get up again.

Deputy Fitzmaurice, would you ever stay quiet and listen to the answer?

I only want to give him the facts.

Will you stay quiet? You had your say.

I will repeat the facts for Deputy Fitzmaurice. At the end of October, the numbers on the live register in Galway were 15,677, down from 25,389, a drop of 40% in seven years.

What about the statistics of 181,000, down from 185,000?

Maybe he has not noticed the €600 million investment in the motorway from Gort to Tuam.

What about Roscommon and Mayo? They are in the west as well.

Maybe he has not noticed the capital programme which includes several major infrastructure projects for his native county and the west. The Government has made its decisions in respect of broadband. We expect those companies to measure up and provide proper broadband services for the entire country, not just for the west.

I also point out to Deputy Fitzmaurice that for the first time, the Government ring-fenced moneys for mental health services. As Deputy Feighan pointed out, the situation is nothing like Deputy Fitzmaurice described.

The High Court judge is wrong then.