I am very sorry to hear about that situation. The Government has plans, and has put aside additional funding, to improve services for people who suffer from eating disorders. I will arrange for a detailed note on that to be sent to the Deputy from the Department of Health.

I am not familiar with that particular medicine, but I am familiar with hyperemesis gravida and how serious and debilitating an illness it can be. I will certainly check with the Minister for Health to see if we can do anything to speed up a decision in that regard.

The Commission on the Defence Forces published its report yesterday. I have not had a chance to read it from cover to cover, but I have read the executive summary. The commission has produced a very valuable body of work and I encourage Members to give it proper consideration. It is a report that was noted by the Government. We have not adopted it or accepted its recommendations. It presents three scenarios or levels of ambition. Level of ambition one involves trying to do what we are doing now but to do it properl…

The Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, is working on new planning legislation, which we hope to have before the House in the next few months.

I will certainly bring this matter to the attention of the Minister. I know the cable car and for it to be down for seven months would be pretty serious, especially during the tourist season. I do not know the details, but I will certainly let the Minister know that the Deputy has raised the issue.

There are two aspects to the rental crisis we are facing. One is affordability and the other is availability. When a property goes for rent, within a very short period there could be hundreds of emails from people who are looking for somewhere to rent. On affordability, we have brought in a law that limits rent increases to no more than 2% a year. That has been important for many existing tenants, but the real underlying problem is one of availability. The Deputy will know as well as I do that people are leaving th…

I am afraid I do not have an update on that to hand. I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, who is in charge of that area to contact the Deputy directly to explain the delay. I agree with the Deputy that we should have it resolved by now.

I thank the Deputy. I understand that legislation is currently awaiting pre-legislative scrutiny. It will take time for the committee to complete hearings and a report on it before we can bring it back into the Houses.

I thank the Deputy. The Minister for Transport will shortly be making allocations for the maintenance and restoration of local and regional roads. There will be an increase in the budget on last year but I do not know how much of it will go to Wexford. There is a formula as to how that is determined. I appreciate the point the Deputy makes and I will make the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, aware that he raised the issue in the House today.

It is time to do exactly that. As a Government, we want to make sure older people can live in their own homes for as long as is possible. In the past, we have a lot of additional resources into homecare for that reason. The barrier to receiving those services was a lack of finance, but it is now not a lack of finance but a shortage of homecare workers, which we are really struggling with at the moment. As a Government, we have decided to establish a commission on care. That is in the programme for Government. We we…

The Deputy has raised an important issue. I do not know what the situation is, but I will follow up with the HSE and the Department for an update not only for the Deputy but for myself because there are some people affected in my constituency too.

My thoughts are with Thomas Niland who was a victim of a horrific attack in his home. As there is an active Garda investigation under way, the Deputy will appreciate that I cannot comment in detail on the specific case, but I believe I speak for all in the House in sincerely hoping he makes a full recovery. I join with the Garda in appealing for any person who noticed anything unusual in the wider N59 Skreen locality to contact An Garda Síochána with information. As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister, Deputy Mc…

That is a cheap shot.

Like the Deputy, we come from our communities. We are elected by everyday people and we hear the concerns of our constituents and their real-life experiences every day, just as he does. The Deputy is on the same salary as everyone here behind me.

I ask the Deputy not to pretend he has a monopoly on knowledge or understanding. That is not fair.

It is a cheap shot. It is populism and it is exactly what this country does not need.

I thank the Deputy. I understand the Minister for Finance is working on that at the moment, both in terms of putting new members on the board and coming up with a long-term solution because it is important that we get that system up and running again. I will ask the Minister to provide more details to the Deputy in writing.

I thank the Deputy. We have brought in stronger legislation to protect tenants. We have also provided additional resources to the Residential Tenancies Board to ensure those rights are enforced. I have not heard before of a landlord charging for a parking space as a way to get around HAP. That is an interesting and rather devious approach. I am not sure whether it is legal or not. I will check that out because if it is not legal, we would need to take action on that.

I honestly do not know when the inquiry is going to start but if it was committed to, it should start. I appreciate Deputy Tully also raised the issue. I will make contact with the Minister for Health and provide the Deputy with a proper answer as soon as I can.

I thank the Deputy. As he will be aware, additional finance has been provided. In the past, additional money has not solved the problem, although, hopefully, it will on this occasion. I would not like us ever to be in a position where we are prioritising or pitting children who need different types of spinal surgery against each other. Children who need scoliosis surgery need scoliosis surgery; children who need spinal surgery as a result of spina bifida or hydrocephalus also need it. I would not like us to be in a…