I want to welcome more than 45 women from all over County Kerry, especially east Kerry areas like Barraduff, Headfort, Glenflesk and Rathmore. These women have created homes and reared fine sons and daughters. However, many of their sons and daughters are forced to leave Kerry for places like Australia, Dubai and Canada. These are 28- to 32-year-olds who cannot afford to purchase a house. The other sad thing is that they will not even be considered for planning permission on a site next door to them owned by their family, or even if they could purchase a site from a neighbour because of the designation, enforced by the Government's planning regulator, of the areas as being under significant urban influence. The sons and daughters of farmers can get permission and that is fine but lots of other people are being excluded.

Your time is up.

Large tracts of land far beyond Killarney, Killorglin and Kenmare are being excluded from these people who will build a house themselves.

Thank you, Deputy.

They will create employment and spend money. All they want is planning permission but this designation is hurting the whole lot. I will just mention one father-----

No. Please.

-----of five, the Kellehers, who are musicians but none of them can get planning permission.

You are out of time, Deputy.

They are a wonderfully gifted family but they are going to have to leave our shores if we cannot house them.

Deputy, please. You are out of time.

This is very serious.

I know it is very serious, but keeping the time here is very serious. Resume your seat.

I am raising a genuine concern.

I know you are.

These people will build the houses-----

Will you let the Taoiseach answer?

----- if they get planning permission.

Deputy, you are out of order.

I am sorry.

I thank the Deputy for raising an important issue with passion. It is an important issue, as is planning reform. Everyone on this side of the House, like everyone on that side of the House, wants people to be able to live in this country and wants young people to know that their future is in this country. That is why we are working so hard on housing and why we are seeing 350 new homes go to construction every working day and 500 people per week buy their first home. I take on board the specific point on planning and have two suggestions for the Deputy. The draft national planning framework will be published in June, which will provide an opportunity for people to make an input into such issues and the planning Bill, which will overhaul planning law, will be in this House again in the month of June.