Could I formally move an amendment to the Order of Business,"That No. 14 be taken before No. 1 next Wednesday"?

Everybody is concerned at what is happening in the House of Commons today. It has been worrying. Since yesterday evening everybody has been talking about this issue. I compliment the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, who was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade before the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney. I also compliment Deputies Lisa Chambers and Micheál Martin-----

Is Deputy Humphreys missing anybody?

-----who have put their shoulders to the wheel and have worked extremely hard. My party leader, Deputy Howlin, has travelled to London on numerous occasions to talk to our colleagues in the British Labour Party. I hope he can encourage them to see sense and support this deal. No stone has been left unturned in the efforts to achieve a deal. I inform Senator Mac Lochlainn that I have purposely left somebody out, because I believe Sinn Féin could have played a stronger part but it did not.

That is absolute nonsense.

That is the honest truth.

There is a joint group involving the SDLP, Sinn Féin, the Green Party and the Alliance Party.

I am talking about the parties in this House.

They have made a stand.

I will call on Senator Mac Lochlainn and he will have his say.

They are standing up for the rights of the people in the North.

I call for order.

The parties in this House have been working extremely hard.

Senator Humphreys is taking a sectarian approach.

I call for order. Senator Humphreys should be allowed to speak.

He is being nakedly sectarian.

I call for order.

They have been working extremely hard in the interests of the Thirty-two Counties of this country.

That is nakedly sectarian.

Unfortunately, not all have taken on the responsibilities and roles they should have played. I am sorry that did not happen because I would have liked to see all parties in this State work together for the best outcome for the Thirty-two Counties, and the best outcome for the UK and for Europe, but that has not happened.

I will briefly turn to one item that is within our control, namely, the housing crisis. In Ringsend there is a site called Poolbeg West, which has the potential to provide 3,500 units but it has been delayed over and over again. Negotiations remain to be concluded on the purchase of 900 units for social and affordable housing and, unfortunately, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has not played its part. There is no excuse for the Department not to play its part in the middle of a housing crisis. This is not a planning matter, it is a question of negotiations on the number of units to be purchased. That is delaying a decision of An Bord Pleanála. There is a written agreement for the strategic development zone, SDZ, in Dublin City Council and there is a commercial agreement in regard to it. When he was Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, called it a gentlemen's agreement. He promised us we would see cranes and JCBs on the site in 2017 but there has not been any progress. It is a crying shame and a resolution is urgently needed. Could the Leader arrange that the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, would attend and explain the lack of movement in the provision of 3,500 units? We hear over and over that there is a supply issue but here is an opportunity to create supply. I will respect the Chair and finish on this point, which unfortunately the Minister did not do yesterday.

That reference is not necessary.