No serious recommendations have been made. I wish to make a point of order.

On a point of order.

The Senator has given no consideration to what he is saying, obviously.

If Senator Colm Burke does not know about homelessness and the housing issue then he is not doing his work as a politician.

That is not a point of order. I ask the Senator to resume his seat.

There is not a person here who does not know people who are homeless.

The Senator was allowed a point of order. He has already spoken, and I ask him to resume his seat.

There is a crisis.

There is.

I ask the Senator to resume his seat, please.

For the first time in the history of the State, we have a housing crisis.

I ask the Senator to resume his seat. He has already spoken.

Yes.

Yes; there is a crisis.

And the Senator's party has ignored housing advisers and has done absolutely nothing about it.

The reason the crisis-----

I ask Senator Burke to resume his seat. He is way over time.

For goodness' sake.

I fully support the call for a debate on this matter.

Did the Government not learn anything from the election?

It is important.

The people feel abandoned.

I ask Senator Walsh to resume his seat, please.

Totally ignored.

In any future housing policy we must clearly stick to a certain percentage of local authority houses.