The Senator just made it that.

However, this is the inevitable consequence. I am blue in the face from listening to demands in this Chamber for the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to come in here. It is a waste of all our time.

Who is criticising it?

We need the Taoiseach in here to account for his comments and to tell us his vision for ending homeless. It is outrageous that we have two members-----

Senator-----

Hold on. This is the party that gives the rest of us lectures about social issues and Christianity.

Here we go.

This morning two members of the Catholic church were on the radio. Brother Crowley and Fr. Peter McVerry are appalled at the rhetoric of this Government. It is disgusting that we are now blaming the homeless for homelessness. It is unbelievable. I am asking the Cathaoirleach and the Leader quite respectfully-----

The Senator has not been, so far.

Most of us have been reasonably calm up to this point. However, we are now being told that giving tents and food to the homeless on the side of the street is wrong, that it is their bad behaviour that is causing the problem and that we should stop talking about it because it is bad for our international reputation. It is beyond time we had the Taoiseach in here to answer for his nasty rhetoric and get back to the substance of the issue and stop blaming those who are the victims of it.

I am disappointed to be roared at and finger-pointed by someone for whom I have quite a regard.

I am sorry but the homeless are the ones that are being pointed at and being blamed.

The Cathaoirleach should have called order-----

Is it my bad behaviour now? Am I behaving badly?

Senator Ó Ríordáin, please take your seat. Senator Conway, listen to what I have to say.

I take up-----

Senator, please respect the Chair. You interrupted Senator Mark Daly three times. Senator Ó Ríordáin was very passionate and the Senator may not agree with what he said-----

He is well able to interrupt himself.

Now the Senator is interrupting me. I will ask the Senator to sit down if he does not speak to the matter he wishes to raise.

I take offence at being pointed at and roared at in this House.

The Senator was entitled to make his point. I did not see him pointing at you.

I did, and I have a problem with my eyes.

The Senator has used up a minute already.

The point I wanted to make, although I am continuously roared at, is that there is an issue in this city and country with cyclists not using cycle lanes or abiding by the rules of the road. I would like to see a debate on this. Overall, cycling is very positive. It is good to see people out cycling because it is good for their health, mental well-being and the environment. However, when cyclists are blatantly abusing the roads and not co-operating with the traffic systems and structures in place, we have a problem. I use taxis quite a bit in Dublin. Taxi drivers will say that their biggest challenge in terms of road safety is trying to navigate around cyclists. In my parish in County Clare, we have an excellent cycle lane. It was the Labour Party's Deputy Alan Kelly who provided the funding for it when he was in government. It cost €500,000 at the time. Unfortunately, however, more often than not one will see people cycling on the road and not using the cycle lane. I would like a debate on cycling to be arranged with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. In addition, the transport committee might examine new protocols and arrangements for dealing with cyclists.