Two reports recently completed on behalf of Dublin City Council and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland found the majority of inner-city flats surveyed did not meet basic standards and did not even have planning permission.

Is this the Order of Business?

In one case, nine flats in one building had the most terrible sanitation and no proper toilet facilities. Will the Taoiseach outline when the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 will return to the House? Is any legislation planned to deal with this appalling vista whereby for monetary gain landlords are abusing the system no end?

A parliamentary question would deal with this matter.

The Bill is awaiting Committee Stage. A housing Bill is before the House. I am quite sure if the Deputy speaks appropriately to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle he may allow him to raise the matter as a Topical Issue, and no doubt the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, will give him a full and flúirseach response.