I also welcome the Government's additional measures in relation to the living over the shop grants, on which there was some clarification today. I think it makes sense. Many of our urban and rural towns and villages are falling apart. It is a shame, in particular as many of them are of architectural significance. Of course, there are great benefits to that. I welcome the measures.

I also want to touch on the issue of rural housing. We have had the rural housing guidelines since 2005. It is now 2025, and it is unbelievable that they have never been amended. I have letters in my office from six Ministers who told me that this was in draft form, sitting on their desk, waiting to be tidied up, with a few i’s to be dotted and t’s crossed. We are still here, all of these years on, and we have no guidelines.

I hear Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs, Senators and councillors all around the country, particularly at rural and farming gatherings, talking about the shame of this because they represent communities where people cannot get housing. Yet, somehow, all of this is stalled in that process. One has to ask what is going on on a Wednesday evening at the parliamentary parties. Are people listening to their membership? I am not a member of any of them.

I have asked the Leader on numerous occasions for a specific meeting on housing, but especially on the ability of people to plan for proper, sustainable housing. I am not talking about housing everywhere. However, there are communities in this country that are dying on their feet. One need only talk to the GAA, parish schools or parishes and communities. They are falling asunder for the lack of people. We have a serious issue if we want to protect the viability of our rural communities. I ask the Leader to organise a meeting in the new year where we could look at this again. Let us pull out all the letters, stop the promises and produce sustainable rural housing guidelines that are fit for purpose to meet the needs and demands of the people in rural communities today.