I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 52, motion 1, on the Order Paper be taken before No. 1, without debate. The motion in question, which was tabled by me and supported by my colleagues, reads:

"That Seanad Éireann:

- reaffirms its outright condemnation and revulsion at Russia's war in Ukraine, expresses solidarity with Poland [regarding the drones] and calls on the Russian Federation to retreat and remove its armed forces from all Ukrainian territory."

When the first homeless child strategy was launched, there were 800 children without a home. Today, I attended the Simon Community launch and the Focus Ireland launch and we discussed the fourth such homeless strategy. Now, we are at 5,286 homeless children. That is not progress. It is heartbreaking. They went through the various statistics about how over 5,000 children are staying in hotels or family hubs for their second Christmas and they are being told they cannot play in the corridors. They cannot bring their pet, because pets are not allowed. They gave the testimony of a six-year-old child who was whispering to one of their support workers that they are ashamed to tell their school classmates where they are living as it comes with its own reputation. No child should ever know that kind of shame. There needs to be cross-party support and every single shoulder needs to get behind the initiatives of the Minister, Deputy James Browne. The plan, this time, must work. It must give real hope to these children. I have to ask what number of homeless children are we looking for before we act on it or are we waiting, perhaps, for the first child to die of homelessness before we act on the urgency of this crisis. I pray and hope that this will be the Oireachtas that makes a difference when it comes to child homelessness.