I will not go on until 11 o'clock, by way of reassurance.

You are very welcome. People woke up this morning to the latest Daft.ie rental report. It confirms what everyone knows. The report shows the biggest hike in new rents since records began - a staggering surge of 14% in one year. It is a new, grim record achieved on the watch of the Taoiseach's Government. What does this mean for hard-pressed renters? Across the State it means an average monthly rent of over €1,600. In the Taoiseach's neck of the woods, renters in Cork city will fork out over €1,700 a month. Get this…

As the Taoiseach announced the latest Housing for All, there was an emergency and there is still an emergency - in fact, a more profound emergency. As we speak today, house prices and rents are up and, very sadly, we will hear again that the rates of homelessness are up. The way in which the Taoiseach tries to dodge and evade answering questions by pointing to others, as though he was not the Taoiseach - and I know he has limited time left but he is still the Head of Government - as though he was not the Government…

I asked the Taoiseach whether he will ban rent increases-----

-----for the next three years and he did not answer that question. I would appreciate it if he would answer that question.

It is Daft.ie. I hardly think that is propagandist, in fairness.

Is Daft.ie cynical too?

You have no answer, Micheál. That is okay; I understand.

The Taoiseach's statement that there must be consultation about housing asylum seekers in communities is a major change of Government policy. There has not been dialogue. There has not been planning. There have not been additional resources for communities that host vulnerable people seeking international protection. East Wall is merely the latest example of this. East Wall, by the way, is a diverse and integrated community, yet now totally unnecessary division and anxiety has been driven by a lack of dialogue and …

Can I also say, a Cheann Comhairle,-----

We need the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, to come before the House, set out his stall and take questions because-----

-----we need a thoughtful, planned and united approach to this most important of issues.

The housing emergency has dominated life in Ireland for more than a decade. It is a story of an entire generation locked out of affordable housing and locked out of opportunity. It is a generation that works hard and does all the right things but still sees their aspirations pushed further away. Their lives are on hold and their futures are uncertain. Over the past four days, I have received an outpouring of despair from people whose crisis housing situation is badly affecting their mental health. Here is just some…

It is a measure of how far astray the Government has gone and how badly it is failing that the Taoiseach relies on misinformation and attacks across the floor-----

-----rather than acknowledging in the first instance the very real mental health consequences of what is a housing catastrophe and emergency. The Minister cannot even accept that it is an emergency. Does the Taoiseach accept that it is an emergency? The record of the Government, despite the Taoiseach's bluster, is that house prices, rents and homelessness are up. I will try to be of some assistance to the Taoiseach by telling him that the answer to this catastrophe is not to produce houses and accommodation that ar…

-----that build big, fancy apartment blocks in areas such as those I represent. People with no homes look at those apartment blocks, say they are nice and that they will never live in them because they cannot afford to do so and certainly will never own a home there. That is not the answer. I asked about the targets. Can we please have clarity on that matter?

The targets are wrong, according to the Department and the Minister.

Figures given to our health spokesperson, Deputy Cullinane, indicate there were 260 chemotherapy appointments cancelled in quarter 3 of this year. One hundred and sixty of these appointments were for children. What is the Government's plan to ensure these children and thousands more in need of appointments get the care they need when they need it?

Vicky said, "The hardest part for me, it's not the dying, it's the leaving my children behind. That's what breaks my heart." Yesterday, at just past midnight, Vicky's battle with terminal cervical cancer ended, her young life ended, her life stolen by a vicious disease, her life stolen by profound failures of the State, of Government and of the HSE. Enormous and endless tributes flow now for this remarkable, irreplaceable woman. She was a study in resilience, determination and grace under pressure. No words of mine…

Yesterday the sad news broke that Vicky Phelan had passed away. Her two children, Amelia and Darragh have lost their beautiful mother so early in their lives. Our hearts go out to her husband Jim, to her heartbroken parents, Gaby and John, and to Vicky's family and friends who are devastated by her death. The nation mourns with them. Vicky Phelan was a force of nature. In pursuit of justice she was fearless and relentless. She was unstoppable. If it was not for Vicky's courage, the CervicalCheck scandal may never h…