I raise the issue of the incremental purchase scheme that opened in Limerick yesterday in Cois na Sionainne in Clonmacken. It is a very good scheme for those on the housing waiting list and those in receipt of HAP and RAS. Three-bedroom houses are available for purchase by people who are willing to go the extra bit and put their savings forward for the purchase of a home. They have the option of purchasing their forever home. It is the fifth scheme that has opened in Limerick. The four schemes to date have been ver…

I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber this morning.

I welcome French and Belgian politicians from the Francophone parliamentary assembly to the Visitors Gallery. We have Mrs. Anne Lambelin, a Belgian Senator; Mr. André Reichardt, a French Senator; and Mr. Fatmir Leci, a councillor in the Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. They are accompanied by Ms Isabelle Kempeneers. I look forward to meeting them later. They are here this morning with our colleague, Senator Mullen. In the Distinguished Visitors Gallery, I welcome back a former Member of this House, L…

I call Senator Joe Conway.

I apologise. I call Senator Keogan.

I am sorry, Senator, but you have to be very careful when you are raising people's names here in the Chamber, unless you have their permission.

Okay.

I ask Senators to be careful when naming children in the Chamber because they are underage and it will be on the public record. I ask Members to be careful unless they have permission of the family. I call Senator Mark Duffy.

As no other Senators are indicating, I ask the Leader to respond.

Dáil Éireann passed the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023 on 5 March 2025, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired.

The Minister of State, Deputy Higgins, is very welcome to the House. I remind Senators before we commence that Senators may speak only once on Report Stage, except for the proposer of the amendment, who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. Each amendment must also be seconded on Report Stage. Amendment No. 1 is in the name of Senators Boyhan and Craughwell and arises out of committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related. Amendment No. 1 forms a composite proposal with amendment No. 2. Amendment…

When is it proposed to take Final Stage?

Is that agreed? Agreed.

I welcome the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill. She is very welcome and we look forward to hearing her contribution. She has ten minutes.

I will share my time with Senators Ní Chuilinn and Bradley.

I thank the Minister for coming to discuss this all-important issue of women's health to mark International Women's Day. There is nobody more committed than the Minister to resolving so many issues. I would like to raise a few issues with her. She referred to a few of them in her opening remarks. I campaigned on one of them during the previous Dáil and Seanad, which was the free HRT campaign. It was to be introduced in January but it has not happened to date. I know there was a shortage and there also have to be ne…

Is that agreed? Agreed.

I understand four Sinn Féin Senators are sharing time, with two-and-a-half minutes each. I call Senator Nicole Ryan.

We are running short on time, and we still have a lot of speakers. Will people be as brief as they can? We will move to the cross-party group and Senators Harmon, Stephenson, Cosgrove and Noonan. The Senators will have two and a half minutes each. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, my colleague from Limerick, to the Chamber. The Minister of State is no stranger to the Chamber. He has been here quite a bit recently and is a former Member of the House.