We are out of time, but we can give 30 seconds to Deputies Bríd Smith and Tóibín.

It is almost impossible to do it in 30 seconds. I have seen many Deputies get a lot-----

We will not do it then if the Deputy does not want to.

I do. I will make an attempt at it.

On 13 January in an attempt to apologise to the victims and survivors of mother and baby homes, the Taoiseach stated that children born outside marriage were treated as outcasts. Some 40% of the survivors now feel that they are being treated like outcasts because they are excluded from the redress scheme. A motion that was passed in the Dáil on 23 November and that the Government did not oppose called on the Government to engage immediately with the victims and survivors who were directly affected by this and to review urgently the time-based criteria, the exclusion of children boarded out and the proposed payment rates. What does the Taoiseach intend to do or are the mother and baby home survivors - the outcasts - going to have to go out on the streets again to push this issue forward?

Today, we in Aontú launched a Bill seeking a commission of investigation into the management of nursing homes during the Covid crisis. The majority of people in the State who have died during the pandemic caught Covid in a hospital or a nursing home. Indeed, more than 2,000 people died after contracting Covid in a nursing home. Many of their families are deeply distressed and want to know the truth of what happened to them. Nursing homes were kept open to visitors longer than nursing homes wanted. There was a surge of 10,000 patients from hospitals into nursing homes in the first half of 2020 and many of them were not tested. Will the Government support the Aontú Bill for a commission of investigation into nursing homes?

Very quickly, I do not accept the term "outcasts" in any shape or form. I think the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has-----

That is the Taoiseach's term.

No, I mean in terms of the current payment scheme, which is the context in which I think the Deputy described it. I am speaking in terms of the payment scheme that the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has announced. In fairness, he deliberated with many groups in respect of this. It is not just the payment scheme. The information and tracing Bill is essential and a whole range of measures, including the action plan, were entered into following the apology. They are all being progressed in a timely and very effective manner by the Government and we intend to proceed and continue with engaging with groups in relation to this.