I again raise the issue of Seán Meehan, a 65-year-old Tipperary man who built his own log cabin to house himself following a marriage breakdown. Tipperary County Council has refused planning permission and retention permission. Mr. Meehan is facing jail if he does not have the structure removed by 4 April. How come hundreds of modular units can be placed by the State on land without planning permission, for example, at Flood's Cross in Naas, to house refugees, while the State is threatening a single Irishman who placed a modular unit on his land in order to provide for his own housing needs with jail? He has been sentenced. Mr. Meehan has two choices. He can make himself homeless or go to jail. Will this Government introduce a statutory instrument for the hundreds, maybe thousands, of people like Mr. Meehan who are using modular homes and log cabins to house themselves in the middle of a savage housing crisis? I have asked for this already. Our group brought in a motion, and it was not done. It would take the stroke of a pen to allow these structures to be retained and house people rather than those people being on the homeless list.

As the Deputy is aware, there is nothing to prevent people in any local authority area from applying to build houses and structures made of wood. However, it is up to a local authority to assess each application on its merits. That message needs to go out. I do not know the specifics of this case. The Deputy may wish to provide them to me. We obviously cannot get directly involved in any planning matter in any individual case.

A statutory instrument.

As matters stand, there is nothing to prevent anyone from applying for planning permission for any wooden structure that is a house.

Mar is eol don Taoiseach, tá dhá reifreann ar siúl ar an Aoine bheag seo. Eascraíonn na reifrinn sin as an tionól saoránach agus an coiste traspháirtí, agus na moltaí láidre a rinneadh sna tuarascálacha sin. Tar éis na tuarascálacha, bhunaigh an Rialtas coiste idir-rannach, ach níl cliú againn faoi céard a dúirt an coiste sin, na tuairimí, na moltaí nó aon tuarascáil. Tá an ceist curtha faoi dhó agam ar urlár na Dála agus trí cheisteanna ach níl freagra sásúil faighte agam. As the Taoiseach knows, two referendums are due to take place on Friday. They arise as a result of the strong recommendations of the citizens' assembly and the cross-party committee. Following the publication of the reports of the assembly and the committee, the Government set up an interdepartmental committee to look at their recommendations. The Government is clearly in possession of the relevant knowledge, but we are not. Will the Taoiseach indicate why that is the case? Will he give us the details and state if there are reports arising?