I join the Cathaoirleach in the moving tribute he paid to Brian Crowley, a remarkable man. I had many dealings with him through my work as a director of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. When we were doing our corporate plan many years ago, I met him in the Metropole Hotel and he very kindly gave a few hours of his time. He said to me: "What encapsulates what you do should be the head of your strategic policy and your vision for that charity." A lot of people followed us because we had more interest in dogs than in visually impaired people. It is a strange charity, but he summed it all up when he said it is about independent dignity and independent mobility but both with respect. That was the key to his mission with disability issues. He, however, was far beyond that. His disability did not define him, as it does it with so many people. He had great vision. He talked about independent mobility. Mobility is important, but the crucial element is that someone who is visually impaired or has another disability can have privacy. That was what he was talking about when he spoke about dignity. If you are visually impaired or blind, you cannot read your most personal details, matters that are private and pertinent to you, be they your legal or medical information. You cannot engage with your solicitor. Brian also shared his own experience with people who came to him and people naturally came to him for advocacy work.

I commend him, but I also know he was a great personal friend of the Cathaoirleach's and the Cathaoirleach was a great personal friend of his. You supported one another and there were great similarities between you. You both were fiercely determined, fiercely ambitious and did not apologise for that. That is a nice trait to have in anyone. I commend the Cathaoirleach and offer my sympathies to the people who supported Brian.

I note the Order of the Business and the Supplementary Order Paper. I hope, and appeal to, Members to engage with Senator McCarthy's Private Member's business on the seller’s legal pack for property buyers because it is timely and we will have an opportunity to deal with it. I am on record many times in this House saying that Tailte Éireann is not fit for purpose. I will elaborate in greater detail on that this afternoon. I printed off three Commencement matters and parliamentary questions that have been asked in the past few months in this House to demonstrate that profound and bold statement. Tailte Éireann is not fit for purpose and will very much be central to my contribution in the upcoming debate. On a positive note, I commend the Government for its vacant property refurbishment grants. Paying out 3,000 grants in 2025 is no mean achievement and is really positive.

I appeal to the Leader and all Members of this House to put pressure on so that we will have new rural planning guidelines. The current guidelines are also not fit for purpose. They are there for years, despite all the promises made. Members who represent rural community know well what I am referring to because I have seen the correspondence many of them have got. It has been shared with me and others. We need to tackle rural housing and we need new rural housing guidelines. We also need diversification. We want to save rural towns all over this country that are dying on their feet for the lack of a driven, positive policy for the rejuvenation of those special communities and places.