Senator Darragh O'Brien referred to the social welfare and pensions Bill. I do not have the exact date, but it will be brought before the House in the next number of weeks. While it will deal with the increase in child benefit and so on announced in the budget, it may present an opportunity for the Senator to mention the plight of deferred benefit pensioners, an issue he, Senator Averil Power and many Fine Gael and Labour Party Members have raised with the Minister. The Minister is examining it and it is hoped a resolution can be found.

Senator Darragh O'Brien also called for the introduction of a national policy on defibrillators, with which I would agree. Senator Feargal Quinn brought forward a Bill dealing with the provision of defibrillators, which was supported in the House on Second Stage. A subsequent Health Information and Quality Authority report suggested a nationwide roll-out of defibrillators would be very expensive, but suggestions were made that CPR training could be provided in transition year. This is happening in some schools and such a programme could be established. I agree that we should have a national policy on the provision of defibrillators. It is a matter the Senator could raise with the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, when he comes to the House in early course.

Senators Susan O'Keeffe and Terry Leyden called on the Government to deal with the anomalies in the payment of water charges in the case of low income families. I assure the Senators that the issue will be addressed. They also welcomed the holding of the One Young World Summit, about which Senator Catherine Noone spoke on the Order of Business yesterday.

Senator Susan O'Keeffe spoke about the legacy of the special investigations unit in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, on which she called for a debate. I hope the agriculture committee will call the Minister to appear before it for a debate on the issue. It is probably the most appropriate forum in which to hold such a debate, but I agree with the Senator that a debate should take place. It is not just a case of abolishing the special investigations unit; we must examine the legacy issue and the position of families affected by its actions.

Senators Sean D. Barrett and Jim D'Arcy, among others, called for a further debate on Irish Water. I have asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to again come to the House. I do not have a date, but I will continue to ask him to come to have a further debate with us on the issue.

Senator Sean D. Barrett also spoke about the need to expedite the housing programme to deal with the problem of homelessness, an issue which was also raised by Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh. The Government has allocated €2.2 billion, an unprecedented amount, for the housing programme, but I understand the Minister will make a further announcement next week on additional measures to tackle the problem of homelessness. We should await that announcement when I believe there will be further good news. It is regrettable, however, that in the boom years in the economy - it was a time of plenty - no heed was paid to the provision of social housing.

That is not true, as the Leader knows.

That is another legacy issue.

The Leader should correct the record.

Little or no social housing was provided.

That is a ridiculous comment.

The Leader to continue, without interruption.

Thousands of social housing developments were built.

They preferred to see housing being provided by developers at that stage.

Senator Darragh O'Brien can raise that issue next week.

Not enough schools were built.

Schools, housing and everything else-----

Fine Gael snobs in local authorities opposed social housing schemes throughout the country.

Partisan politics-----

The Leader to continue, without interruption.

I ask the Leader to check how many social houses were built in the past 14 years.

The Senator should ask those on housing lists; they will tell him.

Senator Paul Coghlan welcomed the measures to abolish the pension levy.

Senator Martin Conway referred to the report of the justice committee on domestic violence. I will try to arrange a debate on the report with the relevant Minister.

Senator Terry Leyden highlighted the fact that many people were subject to boil water notices in County Roscommon. I can assure him that no charges will be applicable to them.