I would suspect that they are all pressing issues-----

-----and that the people looking to go to higher education and wanting to know what their future is-----

Deputy Bríd Smith is indicating.

That is most unusual, Deputy Smith. Is the proposal for dealing with this week's business agreed to?

I thank the Deputy. That is a novel question.

Deputy Naughten, please.

Deputy Mattie McGrath, I believe you are sharing with your colleagues.

In the interests of fairness, and for the record, I am conscious of the fact that people get very emotive about some of these subjects, and I wish to make a couple of points. First, although I was not here, the debate was opened by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who spoke for 20 minutes, so he was here and he did participate. Second, there is a long-standing tradition in the House of Members understanding when a Cabinet Minister has to depart the House to take part in a Cabinet meeting. Third, comments were made …

Okay. I thank Members for listening.

I guess he could.

I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive response.

Deputy Kerrane is sharing time with colleagues.

That was a bit like a rapid-fire buzzer round.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Éamon Ó Cuív and Michael Fitzmaurice - the urgent need for the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 to be republished in view of the fact that this Bill was passed by the two Houses of the Oireachtas in 2019 subject to Seanad amendments being debated and approved or rejected by the Dáil; (2) Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill - to discuss the third natio…

I thank Deputy Carroll MacNeill for raising this matter. You do us all a service by naming the women involved. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for being here to take this matter.

I thank the Deputy.

To be helpful, the Bill can be recommitted in the Dáil from the point to which it was dealt with in the Seanad, with the Seanad amendments to be considered.

We will raise this tomorrow at the meeting of the Business Committee and we will do so at each such meeting until we get a date on which it will be returned to the House.

If I could comment, and I probably should not, it occurs to me that we are living through a housing emergency and if the Housing Agency can turn around a recommendation in five days to a local authority, that the local authority should then take a month to look at that recommendation is patently ridiculous. It is certainly not the local authority recognising anything by way of an emergency.

I call Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, who is sharing time with Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.