I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the control of fossil fuels and, for that purpose, to prohibit advertising of fossil fuels and fossil fuel undertakings and to provide for certain exemptions; to prohibit sponsorship by fossil fuel products and fossil fuel undertakings; to empower the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to investigate and enforce provisions; and to provide for related matters.

Next Tuesday.

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chathaoirleach Gníomhach. Tá brón orm ach níl Gaeilge mhaith agam. Táim ag foghlaim agus táim ar 349 ar Duolingo. B'fhéidir an bhliain seo chugainn go mbeidh mé ag caint fully as Gaeilge. Sinn Féin is committed to the restoration of Irish to use as a spoken language in communities nationwide and as a primary language of the Gaeltacht. Seachtain na Gaeilge provides a welcome opportunity to highlight our support for the Irish language and our policies to promote it while also drawing attentio…

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire.

Please address the House through the Chair.

As my colleague said, the dire state of the private rental sector remains a crisis and the Government has failed to grasp it. Speaking to people when out on the doors, those in the private rental sector are fed up and frustrated and they do not have security of tenure. I also end up talking to the adult children living in their parents' homes about how desperate that situation is. We cannot ignore this. The facts are all there. You do not need to talk to people to know the truth. Rents across the country are ever-i…

It is pushing the prices up.

It is Government policy.

People do not have enough to save. The Senator is answering his own question.

He did invite the interruption.

The people cannot save. You are answering your own question, Senator.

How many social houses?

I thank the Labour Party Seanad team for bringing this motion tonight. Sinn Féin has no problem in supporting its contents. We are all in agreement that the safety of the general public is the number one priority for any police service anywhere in the world. People's safety as they go about their daily lives is of paramount importance. It is the bedrock on which society harmoniously functions. For this to be achieved though, the Garda needs to be fully resourced to ensure its capacity is capable of delivering prote…

Go raibh maith agat, agus fáiltím roimh an Aire Stáit. As the Minister of State will know, construction on the built environment accounts for 37% of Ireland's carbon emissions, and 14% of that is the embodied carbon emissions. Current analysis is showing we are not on target to reach our emissions reductions in this particular area. The Climate Change Advisory Council has expressed concern at the failure of the Department of housing to act on this particular target reduction. Tackling the embodied carbon in buildin…

I thank the Minister of State for his response. We know that we do not have an awful lot of time to waste in terms of reaching our emissions targets. If we are waiting for the EU, by the time the energy performance of buildings directive and construction products regulation is actually agreed and transposed into Irish legislation we will have probably already missed our 2030 targets. What we want to see is an urgency from the Department. We did not get that when it appeared before the Oireachtas climate committee. …

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I remind Senators that this debate is due to adjourn at 5.45 p.m., if not previously concluded. Before we move to the amendments, I welcome to the Gallery members of the Together for Safety campaign for safe access zones. They are very welcome.

Amendment No. 1 is in the names of Senators Mullen and Keogan. Amendments Nos. 1 to 5 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I remind Members to please speak to the amendments or the sections because we want to get through the amendments and get this legislation, as the Senator said, passed.

Will you speak to the amendment?

You are straying off now in talking about the legislation-----