The Land Development Agency Bill has not yet been seen in these Houses. It is a matter of considerable worry to many that this body is claimed to have been established even though the legislation for its existence has not yet been passed. As I travel through this city every day, I see student residence buildings running up rapidly all around. I see hotels being built everywhere. I have no doubt that tax incentives lie behind the student accommodation boom. However, there seems to be little or nothing happening in the city centre in respect of building living accommodation for ordinary people who want to live and work here. I am not making a partisan point. I want the Leader to know I am not trying to score any points. I am merely saying that we must have this dealt with as an emergency. Homelessness is an emergency, high rents are an emergency and the amount of money being poured into landlords' pockets in inflated rents through HAP is an emergency issue. The shortage of decent accommodation is an emergency and it should be dealt with as such. I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to come to the House for a reasonable discussion with Members as to when we can envisage this legislation being brought through the Houses and how the agency will deal with the matter. The market does not work.

Hear, hear.

It has never worked in building any city anywhere in the world. The market has never worked.

And this is coming from the right wing.

The Custom House should be aware that one cannot rely on the market. No great city was ever built by market forces alone and no housing crisis of the kind we have will be dealt with by the market alone. That is a different matter.

I refer to Senator Swanick's remarks on the EU and where it is going. There is very little the Irish Government can be seen to do at this stage without opening itself to the accusation of interfering in English domestic politics. If one looks at the Theresa May deal and the Boris Johnson deal, one should not be under any illusion but that trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain is going to be adversely affected by the measures proposed. I am not relying on my own instinct in relation to that. I have listened to BBC radio and some of their economic, industrial and business organisations are expressing concerns about that. Whereas some in Ireland may think this is the DUP getting its just desserts, if one wants Northern Ireland to prosper, as we all in our hearts do for without prosperity there will be very little chance of reconciliation, the so-called "compromise" worked out is worse for Northern Ireland than the original deal the DUP opposed and brought down by its alliance with the European Research Group. It is not as if the new arrangements for Northern Ireland are good for the North. They are not. The DUP must share part of the blame for that while we should recognise the truth that this is not an ideal outcome.