The Tánaiste visited County Donegal in the past week, where he visited a home destroyed by mica and met the Mica Action Group. It was reported that he was not aware that reconstruction was to be on the existing foundations of houses affected by mica. It is a mind-boggling revelation at this stage that Government Ministers are not up to speed on this issue as they have been making significant decisions that affect people's lives. The Mica Action Group has recently written to Deputies, pleading with them to ensure that promised legislation goes through the pre-legislative scrutiny process. I ask the Taoiseach to get this right because it has to be done. I ask him to commit to pre-legislative scrutiny for the mica legislation as a matter of urgency to ensure the legislation is right and proper.

I have a problem with that and the Minister has too because that is going to delay it another six months.

No, it will not.

All along, people have been saying not enough is happening and it is not quick enough. We need to get the mica houses rebuilt, particularly those that are most severely affected.

The Government promised to publish legislation in January.

The Government has been under huge pressure. It has been said we are not moving quickly enough and not getting enough stuff done in terms of process and procedures. The legislation is key to underpinning what we do. I ask the Deputy to reflect on that. There will be a Committee Stage and we have had a lot of consultation over the past six months. We need to consider this very seriously. The Deputy would be the very first guy to jump up in the Chamber in the autumn to say the Government does not have one house done.