Aside from the leaders, 20 Deputies have indicated. Some are not in the room. With co-operation and sticking to the time limits, we will get through it.

This week's "RTÉ Investigates" documentary "Stuck in the Rough" was hard to watch. It revealed the harsh reality of life in the streets and people forced to sleep rough. Three of those people, Dan, Natalie and Joe, spoke openly and honestly about their lives, how they became homeless and their hopes for their future. Listening to them was heartbreaking. Dan, Natalie and Joe are being failed by the homeless system and by this Government.

The documentary showed how Dan and Joe were refused emergency accommodation because they had no local connection on a night when there were 75 beds in Dublin hostels. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, told the Dáil last year that this practice would end. On Tuesday night of this week, Mendicity, a homeless day service in Dublin, confirmed it is still happening. Will the Tánaiste state clearly that the practice of refusing people emergency accommodation on local connection grounds must end? Will he personally contact the director of the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive to make clear that this is the express policy of the Government?

I thank the Deputy. I did not have an opportunity to watch that programme but I am going to. I have recorded it and many people have said to me that it is essential viewing for all of us as politicians. I will make a point of doing that. On the local county rule, if you like, it seems to be very unfair that somebody would be turned down for a place and left on the streets because they were not in the right county at the time. There may be a good reason for it. I do not know what the explanation is but I will certainly speak to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, about it and see what we can do.