Shame on you.

I know where it is.

I thank Deputies for raising a number of issues. I am very open, as is the Government, to having a debate in this House on University Hospital Limerick at the appropriate time. It is something that should be arranged by the Business Committee. I would point out that, in extending our all of our sympathies to the family of Aoife Johnston - we are all united in that and are thinking of them - there is the report of the former Chief Justice Frank Clarke due in the next few weeks, commissioned by the Minister, which wi…

It is possible there was so much change going on last week that Sinn Féin might qualify for a retrofitting grant at this stage.

We will leave that to the Deputy.

I will send the Deputy a copy of The Sunday Times or Business Post . I have read that.

Deputy Bacik spoke about the triple lock. The Government has today given the go-ahead for the Tánaiste to draft legislation in relation to this. I am sure there will be an opportunity for him to engage in the House on this through a variety of means, including questions that take place to him. Legislation will come forward and the Deputy can take this up with the Business Committee. Deputy Gannon referred to a task force on the city of Dublin. I hope to bring proposals to Cabinet on that as soon as next week, but c…

They are sworn members of An Garda Síochána. Shame on you. Condemn the attacks-----

-----on the gardaí that happened-----

-----in my constituency and community this week. Nobody in this country has a right to attack a man or woman of An Garda Síochána and you should condemn that outright, but of course you will not.

I would like the guidance of the House on this but I believe every Member of this House has a mandate, including a mandate to introduce legislation.

This is the problem with politics in Ireland at the moment. Of course there is a mandate. I have a mandate and the Deputy has one, and I respect hers. People have a mandate to make proposals-----

-----or introduce any legislative proposal in this House. Of course, nobody is seeking to dismantle Irish neutrality.

Does the Deputy ask the questions and answer them? Am I needed here at all? She asked me a question and I would like to answer it because I was at the Cabinet meeting today when we considered the issue of the triple lock. Unlike the Deputy, I do not believe Russia should have a veto over where our peacekeepers go.

That is the effect today. If you keep the triple lock, the UN Security Council can veto.

I look forward to debating that with the Deputy.

-----and I welcome her support for Óglaigh na hÉireann as well.

I have very clearly outlined the Irish Government's position and, I believe, that of the people of Ireland on the need for an immediate cessation of violence and for all people who believe in that to use all levers at their disposal to bring it about. That is why, at my first European Council meeting, I reiterated Ireland's call for a review of the association agreement with Israel. If you put human rights clauses into agreements, they should count for something. I will continue to do what I have been doing. I have…

Of course the Government does not welcome that. What the Minister for housing did welcome was the fact that the monthly figures did see a fall in the number of families and children in emergency accommodation month on month. One child in emergency accommodation is one too many.

It is not. The number of children and families in emergency accommodation was reduced in March from February. That is what the Minister for housing was remarking on. There is a huge amount that we still need to do. The only way to rectify homelessness is by increasing housing supply. We took a number of actions last week to continue to drive forward with housing supply. We have seen almost 12,000 new homes be commenced so far this year.