It is good to see the Government take action when it has to.

I am referring to the homelessness crisis. It struck me last night listening to the news that the centre in which €250,000 is being put would guarantee homeless people a bed until March. Tell me the Government will not turf the people out like cattle come March. Will the Leader clarify what it means?

I compliment action but hope the Government is as serious about its new mantra of lowering taxes and that there will be action in this area. In the last three to four weeks, I have looked for at least two debates in the House on the need for tax reform, reform of the tax system and the lowering of taxes, but we have not had one. I remind the Government that it is in government and might take action on this if it is serious about lowering taxes. I am not talking about the small gestures in budget 2015 which, as a matter of interest, is not even implemented. The Bill has not even gone through the Houses, which is how hypocritical it is to talk about budget 2016. If the Government is serious about lowering taxes for business and hard-pressed workers to put money back in people's pockets in order that we grow local economies, it should have a mini-budget now.

What services should we cut?

Let us have that debate.

Will Senator Colm Burke, please, allow Senator Fidelma Healy Eames to conclude, without interruption?

What services does she want to cut?

I am sure the Leader will be able to respond adequately on behalf of the Government.

That is exactly why I have been looking for the debate for the past three to four weeks. We now know from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, that we have more than €1.5 billion extra in the State coffers that was not expected. I am not talking about a tax giveaway. I am talking about putting money back into the pockets of hard-pressed workers. Doing so would help to grow local economies up and down the country. That, I note to Senator Colm Burke, is when one gets more people back to work.