Ceapaim go bhfuil Punch agus Judy fós beo anseo. Tá cúpla ceist agam on planning and rent controls legislation, the international protection Bill and the McMahon report ach, ar dtús, ba mhaith liom ceist a chur maidir leis an díospóireacht faoin Tuaisceart. Tá a fhios ag an gCeann Comhairle agus ag an Taoiseach go bhfuil mé ag cur na ceiste seo faoin Tuaisceart go rialta gan focal ar bith le fáil ón Rialtas, go háirithe ag an uair seo nuair atá cainteanna ar siúl i mBéal Feirste faoi na hinstitiúidí atá ann. Ba mhaith liom freagra a fháil ón Taoiseach.

I have another question on planning and rent controls. You will note, a Cheann Comhairle, that rents in Dublin are at boom-time levels and that the rent supplement is entirely out of touch with the rents being demanded. The rent supplement budget has been cut by €200 million.

What is the legislation, please?

There are also 1,275 children in homeless accommodation. At the weekend, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, an Teachta Kelly, told RTE that emergency legislation would be introduced to speed up planning. This is one of the serial announcements he makes on this issue. When will we see the Government's emergency legislation to tackle homelessness? Has the Government any plans to introduce legislation on rent controls or rent freezes?

Last June, the Taoiseach told me he would facilitate a debate on the McMahon report into the direct provision system. I grant that some aspects of this report are welcome, but overall it is a disappointing response to a very difficult humanitarian issue and to a direct provision system that has been widely condemned. We have seen tens of thousands-----

Sorry, Deputy. This is the Order of Business. It is about promised legislation. There are other Deputies who did not get to speak yesterday because there were votes. Would you please stick to the business before us - that is, the Order of Business, where we deal with the business on the Order Paper? Thank you.

I am simply trying to illustrate the urgency of this legislation.

You cannot raise other issues. I am sorry. There are other Deputies whom I have to look after as well.

That is fair enough. I know you will be as horrified as anyone else at the images of thousands of people in coffin ships-----

I understand all that, but it is not for the Order of Business. That is the only point I am making.

I have two points. When will the Taoiseach agree to an urgent, full and proper debate on the issue of refugees and on the State's response, including the McMahon report? Will the Government consider extending the humanitarian mission that the Naval Service is involved with beyond December?

That is not a matter for the Order of Business.

When will the international protection Bill be published?

The international protection Bill will be published inside the next few weeks. A motion on refugees was agreed already. The McMahon report was received. Observations were made by all the relevant Departments on direct provision and so on. They have been received and are being assessed by the Minister. Obviously, there will be an opportunity to debate those here.

When?

In the next number of weeks, I would suggest.

Deputy Adams raised the rent supplement issue. I have mentioned on many occasions that the opportunity exists for the Department of Social Protection to deal with each of these cases on an individual basis. However, all of these actions do not deal with the fundamental problem - that is, the supply of accommodation, particularly in this city. I hope to have a Cabinet meeting later this week to deal with a series of measures that will, I hope, address some aspects of the inadequacy of the housing accommodation and supply throughout the country, with particular reference to Dublin.

Third, labhair an Teachta Adams faoi dhíospóireacht maidir le cúis an Tuaiscirt. Tá mé toilteanach é sin a chur ar fáil ach tá a fhios ag an Teachta go bhfuil na díospóireachtaí ar siúl ag an bpointe seo. Ní dóigh liom go mbeadh sé oiriúnach díospóireacht a bheith againn faoi na nithe sin ag an am seo nuair nach bhfuil na díospóireachtaí idir na polaiteoirí sa Tuaisceart agus na Rialtais críochnaithe fós. Más gá, tá mé toilteanach an díospóireacht a bheith againn. Táim ag breathnú go géar ar an ábhar seo agus bím ag labhairt leis an Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála chuile lá faoi.