Today's announcement regarding the empty GPO and the row-back from the wholesale commercialisation of the site is welcome. Maybe now the Taoiseach can row back on his endorsement of the Hammerson plan to destroy the nearby battlefield site on Moore Street, not just because that plan would lay waste to one of Dublin's most important historical heritage sites but also because of Hammerson's continued partnership with Allianz, which has been cited in a UN report as an enabler of Israel's genocide in Palestine with its €1 billion purchase of Israeli war bonds and more. Will the Taoiseach end his association with and support for Hammerson and Allianz and their plans for Moore Street?

First, there was no reversal in respect of the GPO. You guys in Sinn Féin created a false controversy and made false assertions that we were turning the GPO into a retail outlet.

They were your words.

Then your party ran a great campaign. It is the normal kind of behaviour you go on with.

Your words.

Allow the Taoiseach to answer, Deputy.

It is terribly cynical politics of the worst kind but it is a great old technique to create an issue and send a hare up the field when actually there is no issue in the first place. Of course the GPO will be an iconic building by the time we are finished with it but, as the Deputy knows, there is a huge complex behind it. We are looking at the major iconic cultural aspect. There will be a post office there and there will be other elements there as well to create footfall. We hope to have either a State agency or a public service there also. It will take a lot of work.

Likewise, there is some very good work being done on Moore Street by the State but that has been attacked as well by your good selves.

There is no work happening on Moore Street.

It seems to me you want to keep the campaign going on forever.

You are telling lies again.

Deputy McDonald told the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, she was against it.

When is it opening?

Deputy Ó Snodaigh, please. I have called Deputy Cummins.

The Taoiseach should not mislead the Dáil.