I bring to the House's attention the plight of workers in Iceland stores throughout the country. There is one close to me in Ballyfermot. Last March, Michael Doyle, a journalist with The Sun, brought to my attention that a small cohort of workers had approached him to say that they had not been paid following the transfer of ownership from the Iceland company in the UK to an Irish-based organisation. All of a sudden, workers were not being paid. They were being left short in their wages. I engaged with him and, as a result of a newspaper article, an overwhelming number of people contacted me seeking assistance and support with workplace relations claims. The story has moved on. In the past week, the Food Safety Authority issued a rather unprecedented call asking that any meat-based products bought in Iceland since March be destroyed and that the store do that in respect of its entire frozen meat range. Yesterday, we had the High Court application for the company to go into administration in order to give it a bit of breathing space and hopefully preserve jobs.

These are low-paid workers in precarious positions. These are women who work 11 hours in Iceland in Ballyfermot and then go to cleaning jobs and other things. They are being supported by the Independent Workers Union, a small but very effective union which represents some of them. I am supporting and advising those. We need a debate on how such an enormous number of precarious workers can be left in this position and it is left up to those of us who are volunteering to assist and support them in as much as is possible. I wish to draw attention that this is going on. It is very serious and affects 334 workers throughout the country.

At 12 noon, the apartment defects organisation, Not Our Fault, will be making a presentation in the audiovisual room. I support those people who hold a weekly protest outside the gates of Leinster House. They will be presenting their case. We have the money. I am still looking for a statement in the House on accelerating the roll-out of the Department's defects remediation scheme.

I join others in acknowledging the enormous work of Senator Conway. I also acknowledge Breege, who is not here now. They really are a double act. Anyone who knows them or who has met them will know of their enormous commitment to a range of charitable deeds but particularly to the National Council of the Blind in which they are directly involved. Senator Conway has done a considerable amount of work there. For many years I was a director of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. I am still very active in that charity. It is important that we acknowledge their work and how he has constructively used his role in this Seanad to advocate for that.

We all have our own experiences of advocacy. I am hearing about redress for buildings and redress for everybody else. However, I am not hearing about too much about the compensation and redress for children in State institutions. I am not going to rehearse all of what I have to say, but I hope we conclude our business today. This is the longest day of the year, but it is perhaps the last opportunity for this legislation. I hope people will come to this House tonight, engage in a meaningful way and contribute to the debate. I have no doubt that there will be a number of votes. I hope we will be able to bring this Bill to a conclusion tonight. I am now indicating to the House that I will be calling for votes and a walk-through vote on the Bill. I am putting people on notice. They should not come and suggest they do not know what will happen. I am giving notice of votes tonight, including walk-through votes on this legislation.

I ask the Leader for a debate on local government finance. I had the pleasure of spending Monday morning at Galway County Council's annual general meeting and engaged with its 39 councillors. The message from the newly elected cathaoirleach of that council, the Fine Gael Councillor Liam Carroll and the leas-chathaoirleach, Councillor Evelyn Parsons, and all the members there is that they want funding for local government. Let us not waste too much time talking about local government reform if we do not address the issue. I wish those two individuals well on Galway County Council. I finish on this point. We need to remember that it was Seanad Éireann that saved Galway County Council. The lower House had suggested that it would be abolished and merged with Galway City Council. We have done good work in that regard. I wish those individuals well in their term of office over the next 12 months.

We send our best wishes to Councillor Carroll and Councillor Hoare following their election as respective mayors for the county and city.