I move amendment No. 30: In page 19, to delete line 36 and substitute the following: “(b) that the level of damage as determined by the damage threshold will determine the order of priority for the remediation of the dwelling.”. This is a crucial amendment to the homeowners who have contacted Senators and asked us to push this amendment on their behalf. The Minister will immediately understand what this simple amendment seeks to achieve. It reads: “that the immediately that the level of damage as determined by the …

I move amendment No. 37: In page 22, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(11) Within seven weeks of the passing of this Act the Minister shall lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the issue of providing retrospective grants in cases where relevant owners had to replace or remediate relevant dwellings prior to the introduction of the grant scheme.” What we are calling for is that within seven weeks of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas …

I move amendment No. 47: In page 25, line 23, to delete “78 weeks” and substitute “130 weeks”. This amendment is one that the homeowners have asked us to press. I am also genuinely mystified by this restriction stipulating that homeowners must have work done within 78 weeks. When developers get planning permission to build houses, they have up to five years to do so. There is a good reason therefore for this amendment, in which we are asking that the time allowed be extended to 130 weeks. Sometimes people do not ha…

Well said.

The Minister is very welcome. I welcome all the campaigners. It is great to see so many people in the Gallery this evening. A couple of Senators from the Government side were at the meeting today but those who were not missed a hell of a meeting. The message was powerful. It was a very vibrant meeting but there was a very stark message at the same time. It was that people in arts and culture are choosing to leave our country at the moment. They are choosing to leave because there are no venues and no access to danc…

In a spirit of genuine compromise and conciliation, I ask the Minister to have a good look at Senator Warfield's motion. I have to be honest; I have not heard anything from colleagues across the House with which I disagree. I ask the Minister to agree to the motion so that we can all walk out of the Chamber this evening on the one page with the one call and in support of the actions she will, hopefully, take to ensure we have a new, vibrant and energetic night-time economy. Please work with us, Minister.

Well said.

The Senator has 20 seconds to get them all in.

Perhaps people need to think about the difference between politics and political opportunism. What is happening in the Dáil this evening is politics.

As this will be my last contribution to the Order of Business before the summer, I will begin by expressing my gratitude to all of the staff, to the Leas-Chathaoirleach, to the Leader for her courtesy and to the Deputy Leader. I wish everyone a very good summer after what has been a fairly energetic and, at times, combative session. I have to say that I believe politics is in a good place right now. Regardless of whatever else we can say, we can say that, after the last general election, we finally have a left-righ…

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That is okay. It is no problem.

The issue I will raise today in the minute or so I have left is that of the Raise the Roof protest happening in Limerick this Saturday as a result of the crisis in housing, which is another great failure of 11 years of Fine Gael mismanagement and misgovernment. I am really proud that the trade unions are leading this march. I am delighted to see them leading the call for a doubling of investment in housing. It is significant that the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Government's own think tank, pointed o…

I second the amendment.

I want to put on record Sinn Féin's support for these amendments. They are important. It is particularly important to ensure students' unions are independent and self-governing. As my colleague has said, we do not have to look too far, even within the European Union, to see what can happen. I cannot see any reason the Minister would object to a definition like this.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.

I second the amendment.