That is great.

My question is on the status of the White Paper on enterprise, which is fundamental to the new transformation we must make in Ireland.

I thank the Minister. The White Paper will be crucial to set out the policy for Ireland. I had hoped to make a submission. I read all the documentation and I got as far as writing a draft submission. I took the trouble to read it and what troubles me is that in theory we will make a change but the documentation I read suggests that we are continuing in the same direction. The Minister for Rural and Community Development will also deal with my next point in the next business. We do not yet have a policy for sustaina…

I thank the Minister for clarifying that submissions are still being accepted. I thank the Minister who will be dealing with the next questions on the progress that has been made. However, we have been waiting on the policy for the islands for so long and on interdepartmental reports. Going back to the topic of seaweed, these are good news stories we are ignoring. I am only picking two or three, the latest of which was the story on wool. You read a report that tells you about the potential of wool, only for the Gov…

Arís, iarraim ar bhur dtacaíocht, más é bhur dtoil é, maidir le srianta ama.

The cogency of the argument is not strengthened by ignoring the Chairperson. There is a time limit within which Deputies can make their arguments.

What is the question?

I thank Deputies for their co-operation.

It is significant that quite a number of Deputies have ignored their speaking slots in respect of such an important topic. I will leave that at that. The Minister said in his speech: "The scheme will recognise the time spent and the harsh conditions, emotional abuse and other forms of mistreatment, stigma and trauma experienced by people while resident in a mother and baby or county home institution." What is missing there is "some people". The scheme will recognise some damage experienced in some institutions and …

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Brian Stanley - to discuss the budget allocated for the provision of a domestic violence refuge accommodation centre in Laois. Deputy Gino Kenny - to discuss issues in relation to the diagnosis of endometriosis. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - to discuss the fuel subsidy for the fishing sector with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. De…

Deputy, could we avoid naming people in the House? There is a long practice of that.

I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for the detailed motion. I have a difficulty with one issue, relating to the six months and the taking-over of houses, which I think needs a lot more thrashing out, but on a general level I support the motion. The five-page response from the Government is nothing short of shocking. When we look at the background to the motion and to the housing crisis, we have normalised homelessness. When I go back to my hotel at night, I walk past people in the street and ask myself what I …

We are way over time, Deputy.

In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is deferred until the weekly division time this evening. We are a little behind time, through nobody's fault, and I ask for Members' co-operation in this regard on Leaders' Questions.

No, we are moving on.

I wish to acknowledge the presence of the Kenyan ambassador, H.E. Michael Mubea, in our Distinguished Visitors' Gallery. I extend a céad míle fáilte to him and his colleague, Joanne.

We are out of time. With the Taoiseach's co-operation, I will allow in the final two speakers, even though we are way over time. The Deputies have 30 seconds each.

We are way over time. I allowed the Deputies in with a discretion.

I would not be asking open-ended questions.

I welcome the opportunity to speak. It is the second time today I have spoken about housing, which is unusual. Part of me does not want to repeat the same thing. However, it is extremely important that we continue to counter the narrative from the Government. I welcome the Bill and the effort that has gone into it. This should have happened sooner. We know that the moratorium on evictions during the pandemic had a positive impact. There was a dramatic decrease in evictions. After it was lifted, of course, evictions…