With regard to Thursday's business, issues have been raised about the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 and the framework agreement.

We have not yet heard from the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, on the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017.

The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 is a very short Bill, with two sections speaking to one issue. It was actually part of a previous Bill that was debated on Committee Stage. It provides for the extension of planning permission in cases in which people who are building at the moment might not be able to get a second extension to continue building their homes over the summer. If we do not take this particular provision out of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 and pass it in this way, and instead wait until the autumn for that Bill, which is currently on Report Stage, to be continued and finalised, there is a risk that people will have to stop building over the summer months.

They have stopped building.

This matter has already been debated and considered at length at committee. This is a very short Bill. It speaks to one particular issue, which is the second extension of planning permissions.

On that very issue, has the Government selectively taken certain sections or amendments and put them forward, but not others? There are real questions from the Opposition side about what is going on here. Are there specific developments that the Government wants to support and see built?

What is wrong with development?

We need that level of detail before we delve into this business. The way this Bill is being introduced is highly unusual.

We have to move on.

For the record, the specific-----

Deputy Ellis has spoken on behalf of the Deputy's party.

-----provisions of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 have not been discussed by the committee. The general issue was raised. We have no difficulty with the intention behind the Bill. The problem is that we do not have enough time to scrutinise the legislation properly to ensure that there are no unintended consequences and that it cannot be abused. It is not appropriate to try to railroad this legislation through all Stages in a few hours.

I might have to unleash the nuclear weapon.

A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, this was agreed by the Business Committee last Thursday.

Many items are agreed by the Business Committee. It has been agreed by the Business Committee. There are two issues-----

Deputy Cowen wants to come in on the planning and development Bill.

We support what is being proposed in the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017. We would have preferred a more extensive Bill to deal with many other items that have been discussed previously by the committee with a view to the introduction of more extensive legislation to help this sector to improve its ability to respond to the housing crisis. Having said that, I have already acknowledged that the delay in the way the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 has been fashioned has been an error on the part of the Government. We respect the intention to bring forward this aspect of the Bill immediately in order to have it approved by the Dáil and the Oireachtas, thereby allowing developments to continue at pace.

I respectfully suggest that we agree-----

Not agreed.

-----Thursday's business subject to the Business Committee revisiting matters in the context of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 and the framework agreement. If Members do not agree, I must put the question.