The Senator should not mention something that will happen in the other House.

She raised the issue.

The record will show that I corrected the lady.

You did not restrict her.

The Chair must try its best.

I am trying to raise this issue as to the reason a political party, a group in this Chamber, is opposing Senators being added to a very important committee. It is important that the House be aware of the position. I am raising that issue because I think it is important.

As regards the position of Members of this House, there is agreement.

It now appears that Sinn Féin has taken an opposite view.

I cannot speak about that matter.

It is intriguing that it now appears that some Senators are no longer interested in the ten-year health care strategy.

It is an issue for the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.

We will need to roll out an increasing number of home care packages in the coming years. I am concerned about whether adequate training is available for those who want to provide such services. The Minister for Health should come to the House to outline what is proposed. It is an area in which numbers will grow very fast and it is important that we be able to respond accordingly. I ask the Leader to raise the issue with the Minister.

Members will join me in expressing sympathy and extending condolences to the victims of Hurricane Matthew which is destructive and causing flooding in moving through the Bahamas. According to reports late last evening, the death toll in the Caribbean had risen to 26. Four people reportedly had died in the Dominican Republic, while 22 had been killed in Haiti. I understand the overwhelming majority of homes in the south west of Haiti have been affected, with tens of thousands of people in shelters and hospitals overflowing. People are taking refuge in schools and churches. Requests continue to be made for government help in transporting those whose homes have been devastated, many of whom live in poverty-stricken conditions. In February my colleague asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, to make a statement on the growing unrest following demonstrations and protests in Haiti after the postponement of the presidential election. Eight months on, the election planned for Sunday has been postponed in the wake of Hurricane Matthew which today will move through the Bahamas where evacuations are under way. It is 7.20 a.m. there and the hurricane continues to gain strength having been weakened somewhat by mountainous terrain in Cuba. I am sure I speak for all sides of the House when I send condolences to and express solidarity with those who have been injured and the loved ones and the communities of those killed. The Minister should urgently assess the situation and determine if Ireland can play a part in assisting in responding to the humanitarian crisis.

I join the Members who yesterday proposed a vote of sympathy to the family of the late Mr. Bobby Molloy who was a Member of the other House and had held many portfolios as a senior Minister. I wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to his wife, Phyllis, and their family.

I ask the Leader to invite the Minister of State with responsibility for tourism to come to the House. The tourism industry is very important to the country. Much has been said about agriculture and tourism. The weaker sterling is having a severe effect on tourism, regardless of the outcome of the Brexit vote. The Minister of State with responsibility for tourism should come to the House to explain the plans of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. The tourism market in Northern Ireland and Great Britain is very important to this country. They provide the biggest group of visitors to Ireland and we appreciate that business. It is important to hear the plans of the two bodies mentioned for the tourism industry.

The 108 family resource centres throughout the country do valuable work. They presented their pre-budget submission yesterday. They are governed by their representative body, the Family Resource Centre National Forum. As somebody who managed a community development project, I know at first hand about the valuable work done by the centres to combat disadvantage and strengthen and empower children, families and communities. It is vital that this work be underpinned and the appropriate resources provided. The centres are operating on a budget of €12.2 million, but to do the work they need to do, they need €16 million, which is not much more. The funding body is Tusla and the budget for the family resource centres represents only 2% of its entire budget. Some 20% of the projects are at risk of closing and many staff have been put on notice. That is not good either for the staff involved or the people they serve. The issue needs to be addressed immediately.

I call on the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and the Minister for Health to come to the House for a discussion on the excellent value for money the family resource centres deliver on the ground in their communities in dealing with domestic violence and mental health and many other issues to help families and communities which have suffered as a result of the under-resourcing of the mental health budget and the non-implementation of A Vision for Change. The centres are at the coal-face and need to be funded and resourced. We cannot have staff in them operating on their own. There are real health and safety issues involved. I would appreciate it if the two Ministers came to the House to discuss the issue.

The news that emanated from the midlands yesterday was very serious, although it had been flagged for the past month. My colleague, Deputy Robert Troy, had referred to the jobs in question and the issue had also been covered in the local newspapers in recent weeks. We have talked about Brexit ad nauseam and this shows one of the repercussions. While the loss of the 170 jobs might not be directly linked with Brexit, it played a very influential part. I call on the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to come to the House to address the issue. It is another blow for the midlands. We discussed the situation at the Imperial Tobacco factory in Mullingar only recently. There seem to be continual blows to general manufacturing operations in the midlands. I appreciate having the time to raise this issue in the House. We all have to pull together to try to sustain what jobs we can. This issue is particularly important in areas outside the M50 belt.