May I just ask about the business for the week?

Yes.

We have had the announcement of the rent policy discussed by the Cabinet today. I am sure the Government Deputies present would not disagree that there needs to be a full debate on these measures in the Chamber.

It is not clear to me whether it is proposed to make some extra room for a debate on these proposals or the Government intends to tack the proposals on to another Bill, for example, the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]. Can it be clarified? There are clearly important questions that need to be debated and teased out here. Will this apply retrospectively for those who have had rent increases in the past two months? Will there be a sunset clause to prevent increases in the immediate future?

We cannot go into the detail of the Bill.

What is the proposal?

We will try to ascertain that but we cannot go into the detail of the Bill. Can the Government Whip tell us what is proposed and how it will be dealt with?

The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad] is in Committee all day today, coming to this House on Thursday for approximately six hours debate on Report Stage, and Report and Final Stages for four hours on Friday. I assume, as agreed at the Business Committee, that there will be ample time to discuss today's very exciting announcements.

Sorry, I did not hear the Minister of State. Are there amendments from today's announcement and will they be amendments to the planning Bill? Is that what the Minister of State is telling us?

On Report Stage, yes.

When will we see them?

We have to see them before-----

Today, I suppose.

-----Thursday.

That is not good enough.

It is not the worst time. In fairness, it is the first time that this has happened.

We cannot deal with an important issue like that.

We could not even work out the maths earlier.