All of our local authorities need to play their part and to be supported to do so to reduce emissions and help us to achieve our climate action plans. I will send a further communication to all 31 local authorities on this matter. I will consult the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to make sure there are no other issues in the system. I will keep the Deputy apprised of progress.

I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this matter. The provision of homes is dependent on us having the requisite services in place. I have worked directly with Irish Water on that. For the first time, we have published a capacity register that covers every town, village and city across the country, so we can clearly see the capacity in each area. We have a €6 billion capital plan between now and 2026 for Irish Water to deliver the water infrastructure that we require. The Government has, through the Housing for All pl…

I will speak directly with the Minister for Health to get him to revert to the Deputy on this important issue. The Minister may have referred to it in here. I am not certain. I will get the Deputy an update and ask the Minister to engage directly with her.

I understand that the terms of the agreement made by Cork County Council are for an average of three return sailings per week for an initial period of nine weeks. The local authority has indicated that it will run another tender competition for a medium-term service that will provide a ferry service until the end of the year. That competition will take two months to complete. I know this is an important issue for islanders. I will speak directly with the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and get her to contact Deputy Col…

Ceist tábhachtach is í sin, particularly in respect of ensuring that we can as far as possible provide alternatives within our country. That applies as we manage our way through this current crisis but it is also important that we bring forward measures that will be sustainable into the future and that we reduce our dependency on imported fuels. The Government supports initiatives in that space where it can. I will speak directly to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, following Deputy Ó Cuív's intervention today and a…

Bhíomar ag caint faoi na rudaí seo cheana. Bhuail mé le Conradh na Gaeilge sa Spidéal coicís ó shin agus phléamar na leasuithe a bheidh mé ag cur isteach sa Bhille. Táim ag obair air sin anois. Tá súil agam go mbeidh mé in ann leasuithe tábhachtacha a chur isteach sa Bhille, go mór mór ó thaobh teideal an Bhille. Ba mhaith liom an coimisiún um thoghcháin a thabhairt ar an gcoimisiún nua. Tá leasuithe eile ann agus táim ag obair orthu sin. Táim cinnte go mbeidh mé ábalta an chuid is mó de na leasuithe a dhéanamh ar …

I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I am completely in agreement on the importance of the community water connections under the upcoming multi-annual rural water programme that runs to 2025. To give the Deputy an idea for timeframes, the working group is currently finalising a report due. That should be with me in the coming weeks to make recommendations. I will not be delaying upon it. Coincidentally, I was in the constituency of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, on Friday. We were loo…

I thank the Deputy. I look forward to reading the report from Deputy Matthews and other colleagues on the housing committee. We will be moving forward with the Croí Cónaithe towns and villages fund. We have identified it as a pathway to housing and to tackling vacancy. All three parties in government are serious about doing so. As regards work on a vacant property tax, data from the local property tax is being collated in the Department of Finance. It and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, in conjunction wit…

Thanks, Deputy. I was a minute late.

I am.

I had always planned to.

Go ahead.

I have.

Fadhb ar bith.

Tá brón orm go raibh mé beagnach déanach.

Rinne sé botún. Go raibh míle maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I move: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that — as recognised in the Government's housing strategy 'Housing for All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland', there is a housing crisis in Ireland affecting ordinary working people who aspire to the security of home ownership, which demands a response from the Government on an unprecedented scale; — Ireland is experiencing an acute gap between housing supply and de…

It is as simple as that.

The questions asked in the poll were unfair.

We have 100% social and affordable.

We have 100% social and affordable.