I have another budgetary question. Yesterday, there was an excellent discussion here in the Chamber on rural Ireland. The major takeaway for me was that some of the schemes are working well. We have the town and village renewal scheme and the rural regeneration and development fund, RRDF, initiative. The major problem with these schemes is that they are not adequately funded. The principle in this regard is completely sound. The problem is there is just not enough cash in the pot. Every Deputy here will know there are projects all over rural Ireland, in all the regions, that are excellent. They are viable and sound but they need to be funded. Will the Minister engage and intercede with his Cabinet colleagues to make certain more funding will be provided in the next budget to ensure these projects can get off the ground and we can bring life back into rural Ireland?

I thank Deputy Berry. He is correct. The schemes have worked well. We would like to see them expanded further across the country. We have added to them with the Croí Cónaithe vacancy and dereliction grants. We have had nearly 2,000 applications in this regard and these schemes are working well. Urban regeneration and development funding, URDF, is also available in our regional towns and in our cities. It amounts to €2 billion. Additionally, the RRDF is very effective, including the town and village renewal scheme. I assure the Deputy this is something the Government will be examining in the context of the forthcoming budget and the Estimates process for next year's capital spending.

At the outset, I welcome Cara Dermody, her mother, Noelle, her principal teacher, Brid Quinlivan, and her teacher, Andrea Mee from Ardfinnan National School. I compliment Cara on doing her leaving certificate mathematics examinations last Friday and on Monday.

To the Minister, I say that I, too, was out with the firemen. Will he please give us an outline today of what he is going to do on Tuesday when the mass resignations and all-out strike happen? I will tell the Minister what the problem is.

The Minister spoke about engagement, but the LGMA is not engaging. It states it does not have the money from the Government. It would cost €50 million to sort this out for the firemen. There are gorse, mountain or forest fires in this weather. In any situation, they save us. They are our heroes. Their children are out there with them today, pleading for a resolution. We had a wedding last weekend. They cannot go to weddings because they are on call. Would the Minister like to be on call 24-7 with a pager? He would not. We need to respect them for what they do and not voice platitudes. The problem is that there is a full-time fire service in Dublin and the Government does not care about the rest of the country, like in many other areas. Please support these gallant men and women because they deserve it.