No, he is not. The Deputy can continue.

As there are no other contributors to the debate, I now invite the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Heydon, to respond.

I call Deputy Cronin to conclude.

My question is in this group and I thank the Minister for that but mine is a specific question. Has the Minister's attention been drawn to this report? If so, has he read it? If so, does he agree with the recommendation that the Government can afford to borrow and build the necessary housing? That is the specific question, which I ask in the context of a severe housing crisis. Telling me that we have doubled our housing budget has nothing to do with the question that is being asked. If he could, I would ask him to …

I thank the Minister for his directness. He might tell me what he disagrees with because I have highlighted some of the things said by the ESRI. It said that without significant investment, another decade of inadequate housing supply, upward rents and upward costs of houses is looming. It sets out that one in three households that was not in receipt of housing supports was in trouble prior to the pandemic. It was paying so much on rent, mortgages, etc. It said that if we borrow at very low rates and build houses, i…

Before we start, if this happens again, I will take the last group here, which was just two, and then adjourn. It is not fair to the other Deputies who are here. It is certainly not fair to the Ministers who are all here. I direct that to nobody in particular. That is to everybody.

If we could deal with the Topical Issue matter, the other matters can be dealt with at the Business Committee.

It is not allowed.

The Standing Business Committee of Dáil Éireann has completed its consideration under Standing Order 30 of the request by the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to waive the requirement for pre-legislative scrutiny under Standing Order 173 of the general scheme of the Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 and has agreed thereto.

We are beginning with questions to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Is the Minister of State, Deputy English, taking the questions or is it the Minister, Deputy Varadkar?

Is Deputy O'Reilly happy to proceed?

Is Deputy Ó Ríordáin happy to proceed?

I thank the Deputy.

No, one minute. I call on the Minister of State to respond.

I thank the Minister of State.

I ask Members to co-operate on the time. I do not mean to keep interrupting but there is a time limit.

The Tánaiste will get an opportunity to complete his answer.

It is a straightforward question on the status of the review by the Company Law Review Group of legal provisions on liquidations and the rights of employees in the context of company law.

I have the reply in my hand. I welcome that there is a plan and I welcome that it will be published. Perhaps the Minister of State can give a date. I will give the background to this. Duffy Cahill dates back to March 2016. Six years and a couple of months later, we witnessed the Debenhams workers. I managed to stand with them only on a few occasions. Certainly, they were the most impressive group, mostly women. I ask the Minister of State, Deputy English, not to stand up and tell me it would not have helped the Deb…

I tried to be careful with my words. I said clearly that it probably would not have helped the Debenhams workers. The Minister of State should please not use his minute to be disingenuous. There were six recommendations. Why were they not implemented? I asked that question in the context of confidence in this or any Government. I welcome the plan and that the Government will give us a date, but the Minister of State is telling me that there are other parts to be completed by the CLRG in September. Given various Gov…