The first thing I would like to do is to support Senator van Turnhout with respect to Childline. Last week I said here that because of the teachers' strike there was €4.81 million sitting in the Department of Education which would not now be paid to teachers. I asked that it be diverted to the homeless. That has not happened. We talk about cherishing our children. Our record is abysmal when we talk about looking after our children. We have cut guidance counselling services in schools. Children in a state of crisis in schools now have nobody to turn to. Principals' offices are dominated by children self-harming and children with all sorts of psychological problems. I ask that we look seriously at that zero-sum option of moving €4.81 million over to Childline. If we cannot give it to anyone else, let us do that.

I rise today in support of Senator Hayden's criticism of the private rental accommodation system in this country. Rent in Dublin is increasing at a rate of 10% per year. Rent throughout the remainder of the country is increasing at a rate of 5.6%. In Ireland, the animal instincts of capitalism are alive and well and they are sucking the life and soul out of this country. There are screams every day of the week for the cap in the rent supplement to be increased. Why would we increase that to make fat cats fatter?

Exactly.

It is my view that we must immediately have a debate in this House with the Minister responsible and demand that we have not just a cap on rental income but a cap that reduces rental income by 10% in order to bring it back to a liveable state. I am putting the House on notice that I will call for an amendment to the Order of Business next Wednesday. That is giving plenty of time. If the Minister is not brought here before then, I will seek an amendment to the Order of Business so that we can debate rental income. I am sick and tired of hearing that we are waiting for a report from this organisation or that organisation. There are people out there who are struggling, and please do not tell me we are going to make everybody happy for Christmas. Christmas is one bloody day of the year. Think about the rest of the year, when people are lying on streets and families are being kicked out of bed and breakfast accommodation and told not to come back until eight o'clock at night. It is simply not good enough. I ask the Leader to bring that request to the relevant Minister and see if we can organise something before Wednesday.

Senator Craughwell will have great support.