I, too, add my voice to support Senator Ivana Bacik's call on behalf of those with cystic fibrosis.

I welcome the announcement of the €127 million being made available through the European Regional Development Fund. In particular, I welcome the €2 million in grant assistance awarded to rejuvenate the centre of Dundalk. It is badly needed. I look forward to implementation of the plans now put in place. I raise the ongoing issue of accessibility. This is relevant in all of the plans in all of the hub towns for which money has been announced this morning. Appropriate plans to ensure accessibility are necessary. By this I mean the need to communicate and consult people who have accessibility and mobility problems. These are the people best placed to comment on the matter. I am calling for all people to be consulted in whatever town work is being carried out in, specifically my town of Dundalk. Mobility and accessibility are major issues.

For example, I brought a group from the Irish Wheelchair Association in Ardee to the Oireachtas this afternoon. The ushers have gone to a great deal of trouble to ensure the eight or ten wheelchair users are accommodated.

Senator Cáit Keane referred to last night's programme on people living in emergency accommodation. Unfortunately, I have not seen it yet, although I have heard the comments made today and look forward to catching up on it. Everyone is discussing the issue. People were moved on from a halting site in Dundalk on Friday. There has been mention of rehousing and emergency accommodation. Recently, three families in close contact in Dundalk have approached me. One will be evicted on Friday because the landlord is selling the house and there is no rent control. The family has been informed that the father will be sent to the Simon Community and the children will be put into care. That is unacceptable. All such families have done is to be unable to find accommodation where rent allowance or housing assistance payment, HAP, is accepted.

The Senator has gone way over time.

Absolutely, but something really needs to be done to address this issue.