Deputy Calleary sounded decidedly clingy in his contribution. The Taoiseach may wish to reassure him after this sitting that all is well with Fine Gael and its partners in Fianna Fáil.

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is preparing legislation to provide lawfully for the phased forensic excavation of the Tuam mother and baby home. The commission's report into the burial arrangements of mother and baby homes makes completing this legislation all the more urgent. The report finds that the burial chambers in Tuam were not a recognised burial ground and did not provide for the dignified internment of human remains, and the House should note the importance of this statement. I am sure all our thoughts today are with the families whose loved ones remain interred in Tuam. Requests for voluntary DNA samples must be advanced and time must be set aside for the Minister to come before the House to discuss this report and set out a timeframe for the excavation in Tuam. Will the Minister therefore come before the House to make a statement and take questions on this matter immediately after the recess?

I am sure the Minister, Deputy Zappone, would be happy to do that. I will speak to her later as to whether she can do so when the Dáil resumes. The fifth interim report of the commission was discussed at Cabinet yesterday and published today. It makes gruesome reading, even if many of the facts were known to us already, and gives us a further insight into a very dark part of our history, a time when women and their babies were appallingly treated, often simply because the mothers were not married or because they were poor. They were badly treated by the State, the church, their own families and wider society. This happened at a time when infant mortality was very high and there were few vaccines, no antibiotics, very poor public health and sanitation and huge numbers of people living at close quarters in congregated settings. However, none of this excuses the indignity of the way in which these babies were treated in death and as a society we inherit a deep shame for what was done back then and we must now endeavour to learn, to atone and to put things right. This is the guiding approach of the Government and the Minister, Deputy Zappone. As I said, I am sure she will be happy to make a statement and to answer questions when the Dáil resumes.

People are once again queuing overnight to be in a position to buy a home. Last year we saw a large group waiting outside a development at Hansfield, in Dublin 15. This was a common feature during the Celtic Tiger era and was often seen as a tactic to drive a frenzy and allow for further price rises, even in the middle of a sale of a group of houses. Last Friday night and into Saturday morning in Ballincollig, in Cork city, 14 prospective buyers slept in their cars overnight in an effort to buy affordable homes. By the morning, this number had swollen to 100 people queuing to put down a deposit. Our local Labour Party candidate, Ciara Kennedy, very aptly described this as The Hunger Games for housing, so desperate are people there to secure homes. Surely there is a better way of doing this. What can we do to stop such a frenzy and stop seeing people's homes - or their visions, their dreams of homes - evaporate? Are there plans to ask the Property Services Regulatory Authority to draw up a code of conduct for estate agents and developers to nip this trend in the bud if it is going to be a feature into the future, as it was in the past? A simple online queuing or ticketing system should be put in place and, as a last resort, perhaps we need to amend the Property Services (Regulation) Act.

The Deputy is absolutely right about this. This is unusual practice but does happen. It is not the norm but is very much a tactic, a marketing device, used to create attention for a particular development. It happened in times of copious supply; it is happening at a time of limited supply. It is often the case that there are more bidders for a house than can buy the house, even a single house, but one does not ask people to queue up outside. That is not a good way to treat people. I am not sure if we can do anything under the regulations but I am aware of the issue, as is the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. We will examine any proposals around consumer protections that might be able to stop this practice from happening again.