We are out of time. With the co-operation of the Taoiseach, I will take the last two speakers. I call Deputy Michael Healy Rae.

Sadly, an ever-increasing number of people are suffering from cancer in this country. Proton therapy, PT, is a significantly superior form of radiation therapy which spares a patient many of the side-effects of traditional radiotherapy, RT. To date, the development of PT has been limited compared with RT, principally because its comparative costs have been so great. A private company, Muir, has reimagined every aspect of the delivery of proton therapy such that it can deliver this superior form of cancer treatment at a cost equivalent to traditional radiotherapy. A number of discussions have been held with the HSE in Ireland, together with leading private healthcare providers, to explore the potential for treating patients with PT in Ireland and to meet the needs of patients in Northern Ireland. There is a consensus among the project participants that such a service would be of significant value if it could be developed on an affordable and sustainable basis.

Once again, the Attorney General's advice has been given as a reason not to act. The Attorney General's advice has been suggested as one reason not to extend the eviction ban. I call on the Government to publish this advice because there are plenty of learned barristers out there who say it is perfectly constitutional to continue the eviction ban. I call on the Government to publish this advice and let us test it. Better yet, let us continue the eviction ban and test it in court. Legal opinion only becomes legal fact in front of a judge. We would benefit from having the law around private property and around the common good clarified by the courts. That is what they are there for after all. Let us publish this advice and test it properly.

I am not up to date with our plans to bring proton therapy to Ireland. I think we will at some point, and we should sooner rather than later. I have seen it operating in a hospital I visited in Singapore, and it is really impressive. It does not work for every tumour but it does work for some. It means the tumour gets pinpointed, rather than the whole skin and the area around it. People can understand why that would be beneficial. I understand we do pay for some patients to have it overseas but I would certainly be interested in exploring any options to bring it to Ireland. I am sure we will. It is only a matter of time, so we should make plans to do it sooner rather than later.

In regard to the Attorney General's advice, I am not sure what is being said in the media or publicly. What the Attorney General has said is that private property rights are subject to the common good. He has said it would be extremely difficult to justify a permanent extension of the eviction moratorium but it would be possible to justify a temporary extension of the eviction moratorium, but in court we would have to prove it did more good than harm and that it was in the public interest in the round. Having considered it, the Government formed the view that it was not in the public interest in the round to extend the eviction moratorium. We made this decision as to what we thought was the right thing to do as a Government. It was not because the Attorney General told us we could or could not make the decision.