The Government has been dragged kicking and screaming into introducing an eviction ban.

It is still not clear from what the Taoiseach has said - from the wording he has articulated - whether people who have current notices to quit will be protected. If they are not, his proposal is almost useless, frankly. Will he clarify that those who have current notices to quit, who may be overholding and have nowhere to go, and who are facing the imminent prospect of homelessness will be protected by the ban he is introducing?

Deputy Michael Healy-Rae raised the concrete levy. There was a debate on that matter last week on a Private Members' Bill. The Minister for Finance will publish the finance Bill on Thursday. That will contain proposals regarding the concrete levy, its application, timelines and so on.

Watering down the concrete.

There will be a comprehensive debate on the finance Bill next week. It will give Deputy Healy-Rae and others ample opportunity to discuss that issue and to make their points. There were legitimate points on this all round. The Government is doing an awful lot for first-time buyers. That is evidenced by the fact that, this year, we have had more first-time buyers buying homes than in any year since 2008. Much has been done through the help-to-buy scheme, the first home scheme and other initiatives to help first-time buyers. That will continue.

Deputy Gannon asked for a debate on the capital city. He raised violence and addiction, particularly drug addiction issues, in the capital city. I would value such a debate. It is an important point. The Chief Whip has informed me that a debate is being planned for the middle of November. Deputies Gannon and McAuliffe and others have consistently raised those concerns with me, as well as the positives of the capital city.

The Taoiseach did not answer my question.

Sorry, I am not finished. Deputy Boyd Barrett raised the eviction ban. That legislation will be published. The day after the Bill is enacted, anyone facing eviction-----

Is it the case that anybody who has a notice to quit now will be evicted?

Would Deputy Boyd Barrett listen? We have to enact the Bill as quickly as possible. People will be protected from that date - the day after the Bill is enacted - onwards.

Everybody else is not.

Deputy Boyd Barrett did not listen.

I did listen. Everybody is trying to understand what the Taoiseach is saying.

Is í an cheist anois ná an bhfuil na socruithe-----

Sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This is an important point. This is the Order of Business and we are ordering debates and so on. There will be a debate on the eviction Bill when it is published.

You have made that point. We are not going back to interactions.

People facing evictions deserve clarity from the Taoiseach. We have asked three questions today and we still do not have clarity.