I understand from the Government Chief Whip there was a sixth fatality in the accident in Berkeley.

I am very sorry to hear that.

It is proposed to take No. 13, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 14, motion re membership of committee; and No. 6, Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage.

It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and adjourn not later than 10.30 p.m.; (2) Nos. 13 and 14 shall be decided without debate; (3) Private Members’ business which shall be No. 71, Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015 – Second Stage, shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes on Wednesday, 17 June; and (4) pursuant to Standing Order 82 (3), the Dáil shall waive its instruction that not more than two select committees shall meet to consider a Bill on any given day in the case of the proposed meeting of the Select sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to consider the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015 on Wednesday, 17 June.

Tomorrow’s business after Oral Questions shall be: No. 37, Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 38, Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 1, Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage.

There are four proposals to be put to the House. Is the proposal for dealing with the late sitting agreed to?

It is not agreed. Our Whip wrote to the Chief Whip last week to protest at the proposed schedule for this week not least because of the late sittings promised for Tuesday and Thursday but also in the light of the manner in which legislation was being crammed into the Thursday sitting and the fact that Topical Issues were being relegated on a regular basis to the end of the day's business, replicating the old Adjournment debate system which we unanimously agreed to change. We are opposing the proposal for the late sitting this evening. It is proposed to commence the debate on the Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015 at 9 p.m. and adjourn at 10.30 p.m. We will be sitting late again tomorrow evening and adjourning at 10 p.m. on Thursday. This follows a period in which the Dáil only met for 18 days out of 70. This speaks to the Government's mismanagement of the legislative programme.

It is extraordinary.

The least the House should expect is an orderly flow of legislation throughout the year. We now have a ridiculous scenario. We met for one and a half days after the May bank holiday weekend and nothing seemed to happen during the month of May in terms of debating legislation. We took a full week off after the June bank holiday. Now everything is being crammed in during the last few weeks of the term. That means that legislation will not be properly considered. Members will be debating important legislation late at night. This flies in the face of what the programme for Government stated would happen in dealing with legislation. That is the basis on which we oppose the proposal that the Dáil sit later than 9 p.m. It is not good enough to discuss an important Bill at that late hour because it does not treat the House with the respect it deserves.

Sinn Féin is also opposing the proposal for the late sitting because it is unnecessary. We had a recess which was completely unnecessary at the start of the month. It appears to us that the Government is attempting to cram legislation in before the summer recess. This does not represent orderly management of the legislative programme. It is also unfair and has implications for Deputies with young children. In particular, it deters women who might otherwise seek election to the Dáil. At the risk of getting myself into some bother, during the last late sitting I met one Deputy - I will not name him - who was quite drunk. Backbenchers are sitting about with nothing to do but go to the bar. Our business has been reduced to this. We oppose the proposal because it flies in the face of the talk about Dáil reform.

We have to get business done. Deputy Ruth Coppinger has just claimed that we had no debates on construction and housing. Some of Deputy Micheál Martin's spokespeople do not turn not up for debates on Bills.

That is not true.

It is true.

It is true.

The Taoiseach has a habit of telling untruths. I cannot use the word "lie".

We have just spent an hour dealing with questions on the Cabinet sub-committee on housing.

The Taoiseach is acting the blackguard.

The Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015 is very necessary legislation which has been delayed on a number of occasions. It is time to proceed with it. The Deputies opposite are all speaking about housing and housing provision.

Why can we not debate it at a normal hour?

It is time to proceed with it and deal with the situation before us.

Why did the Dáil not sit this morning instead of at 2 p.m?

This Bill is an important element of the provision of houses for people who need them.

The Government spent a week congratulating itself in its spring statements.

It will allow the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, his Department and the local authorities to deal with the issues we have been debating for the past 65 minutes.

Why did the Dáil only start at 2 p.m?

Is the proposal for dealing with Nos. 13 and 14, without debate, agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with Private Members' business agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal that the Dáil shall waive its instruction that not more than two select committees shall meet to consider a Bill on any given day in the case of the proposed meeting of the Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources agreed to? Agreed.

Would Members who are leaving the House please do so quickly? We have a time constraint. We have a postponed vote so Members might as well hang around. It is coming up after the Order Business in ten minutes.