I will raise two issues. I want to ask for a debate soon on enhancing social cohesion among communities in rural Ireland. This is against a backdrop of the Irish language community, the island communities and the desire to get rural housing back on the map. I know there are long promises about that. Affordability has become a real issue. Yesterday, the press had stories on how the GAA was in trouble in Kerry and national schools were closing in the west and in rural communities in the midlands. Parishes are dying on their feet. These are all the things that bring cohesion to local communities, be they sports clubs like rugby or the GAA, which is a significant and cohesive group within rural communities, or something else. It is really important that we would have that debate. I suggest we might have it in the context of Our Rural Future, the Government policy, and how in the broader context we can support rural communities.

I want to acknowledge that the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance has agreed to meet the CEO of Galway County Council, Liam Conneally, on the equalisation fund and the chronic funding shortage at Galway County Council. I had a meeting with the Minister of State, Deputy Grealish, this morning. I understand that he, the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and the Minister, Deputy Naughton, have a meeting in the county hall with Mr. Conneally to address the issues. The Tánaiste has come on board and committed to meeting the chief executive, the management team and, no doubt, councillors, who are also a critical part of it. It is a welcome move. There is a major shortage, and there are major concerns in Galway County Council about the equalisation fund. I wish the meeting on Monday well and look forward to hearing shortly what the Tánaiste has to say on it.