In the middle of a housing disaster, with a whole generation locked out of affordable home ownership, building is simply not taking place at the scale or speed necessary. Yesterday in Limerick, I saw a promised housing site that has lain idle for decades, despite being in public ownership. It is now in the control of the Land Development Agency which, apparently, has are no plans even to commence the planning process until 2028. That is an extraordinary delay. The Government must overhaul the planning and public construction system. As we look at the shambles at An Bord Pleanála, is the Government planning a radical overview of the board? A few moments ago, the Minister said the Government would have a planning Bill before this House in the coming weeks. Will that Bill include the necessary reforms to An Bord Pleanála? These reforms were recommended in a 2016 report commissioned by Deputy Kelly when he was Minister. It provided a series of vital recommendations that, had they been implemented then, would have prevented the shambolic system we are now seeing in An Bord Pleanála.

To answer the Deputy's specific question, there is legislation on the way in relation to An Bord Pleanála. It is urgent legislation. Separate from that, we have the outcome of the work being led by the Attorney General and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, on the planning system generally. That will also come in the form of a new consolidated planning Bill, which I expect will be brought to the House in the coming weeks. Capacity is the issue. It is about delivery. The problems we have faced have been in planning, labour shortages, construction material inflation and bottlenecks in the system. The Deputy is right that we need to do everything we possibly can to remove these and build more homes, which our people need.

Will the Bill be with us before Christmas?