I would like the Deputy Leader to invite the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to the House to discuss the creation of offshore energy, particularly on the west coast. It seems the Government has decided to put on the back foot any developments in respect of the creation of offshore wind energy along the west coast in favour of the east coast. All of the generation is now going to be on the east coast. We are told that any energy created offshore on the east coast will be fed straight into the national grid. The west coast is not as well connected to the grid as the east coast. However, many applications have been submitted for the production of hydrogen on the west coast. This is a no-brainer for the Government because there is an enormous market for hydrogen and any energy that is created and turned into hydrogen will be sold in Europe, to which it can be easily transported. I ask the Minister to come to the House as a matter of urgency. There are many large projects planned along the west coast, from Valentia Island to Galway and Mayo, relating to the creation of offshore wind energy. One such project is the development of Foynes Harbour. There is considerable potential for this country. We could become world leaders in the creation of hydrogen energy and all that goes along with it. I am asking the Minister to come to the House as a matter of urgency to explain to us why this decision is being made and where the creation of offshore energy, in particular off the west coast, now lies. By how many years is it being pushed back?

Like my colleague, Senator Flynn, I will talk about the end of the eviction ban. Tonight's vote looms large over proceedings here in Leinster House and for renters all over Ireland, it represents fear, anxiety, uncertainty and doubt. As Fr. Peter McVerry has said, the end of the ban will unleash a wave of misery onto ordinary people. Tenants who are diligent and conscientious and who make big sacrifices to pay crushingly high rents, will be evicted into homelessness because landlords want to maximise the returns on their property investment. Those tenants will be evicted into homelessness because the Government has totally failed to take action on housing on a scale that reflects the extent of this crisis. The Government has refused to effectively regulate short-term rentals, which prioritise profiteering and tourism over meeting housing needs. The Government has refused to invest ambitiously in restoring and expanding Ireland's much diminished local authority housing stock. Policies such as cost rental are positive but they are not being rolled out nearly quickly enough. Years of successive failures, which implicate all the parties of Government, have brought us to the precipice. The Government's counter-motion in the Dáil runs to 2,474 words. It is a long-winded, cynical and exhausted attempt to justify the unjustifiable. It contains some minor tweaks that utterly fail to reflect the gravity of this crisis. I know that members of the Government parties and certain Independents are likely wrestling with their consciences ahead of the vote tonight. To them, I would like to say that elections, careers and governments come and go but the decisions we make are ours alone. Doing the right thing is much more important than a party Whip or ministerial title. Will Members be able to look their newly homeless constituents in the eyes if they allow the ban to expire? I would like this House to have a debate about the end of the eviction ban in order that Members have the opportunity to put their views on the record.

Hear, hear.

I remind Members that we have 55 minutes for the Order of Business today and there are four speakers left before I call on the Leader to respond. I ask the four remaining speakers to be concise and to the point because that would help and would be appreciated.

Before we move on, I welcome the Douglas Young at Heart group to the Public Gallery and welcome, in particular, my good friend Phil Goodman. She is a champion in the community. She and the other representatives of the group are welcome.