When does the Taoiseach expect the Book of Estimates for 2013 to be published? As the Taoiseach knows, many have suggestions about a budget for next year that might banish austerity.

I refer to the pyrite panel. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has given another deadline to the builders, developers and insurance companies. Is this the final deadline? I read that the Minister had given a different ten-day deadline.

That sounds like a Topical Issue debate matter.

Hallowe'en is this day next week. Perhaps the Taoiseach might liaise with the Minister for Justice and Equality in this regard. Does every Garda district have a policing plan in place?

If the Deputy tables the last question as the subject of a Topical Issue debate, the Ceann Comhairle may allow it to be discussed, that being his responsibility. The Minister for Justice and Equality would be happy to respond to it.

The pyrite issue is of extreme concern to those who live in the houses in question. We have been raising the issue for many years. I can confirm that there has been a great deal of activity in the recent past and hope serious progress can be made. It is never the final question, if the Deputy understands me.

There appears to be another deadline.

The Minister is serious about what he said and I do not expect that he will extend the deadline which I expect will be adhered to. The Minister and his Minister of State are focusing on the matter.

The Estimates will be published in advance of the budget. I will ask the Minister for Finance and his Department to confirm to the Deputy when they expect to publish them. I imagine it will be towards the end of November in good time for the budget.