I note the Order of Business proposed by the Leader. In the weeks coming up to the summer recess, we are going to be busy. If there is a lot of additional legislation coming down the tracks, I ask the Leader to consider extending the sitting times, either to start earlier or finish later.

The Seanad is a revising Chamber. We have important legislative work to do. The Ministers and Members on all sides of the House need time. Let us work together constructively to see if we can start an hour or two earlier. I understand rural Senators have families but so do urban Senators. There are Senators falling out of here at 10 o'clock at night, with work to do, under pressure and with commitments. We need to bear all that in mind. Let us together look imaginatively and constructively at getting that business done between now and the summer.

I welcome the housing infrastructure investment fund, HIIF, announced by the Government yesterday. It is exciting, imaginative, bold and courageous. I hope the local authorities and all those providing housing are ready to avail of the funding that has been set aside. I thank the Government and the Minister for that. Well done to them.

I acknowledge and thank the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for its statement of strategy for 2026 to 2028. It is mandatory reading for every Member who is interested in local government because it clearly sets out the strategy of the Government. There are some repeat objectives in this document. I commend the Minister and Ministers of State in that Department on pulling the strategy together and publishing it. It has been published for some time but has been updated.

The recurring theme is the local government task force. I ask the Leader to ascertain something from the Ministers in the Department. The local government task force was established and submitted a final report to the Government in which it made certain recommendations and suggestions for reform in relation to local authority structures, finance, government and additional matters. I understand the Minister was to bring this report to Cabinet. It is now June 2026. The Minister only received the report in March. It would be timely to publish the report or, possibly, have a briefing for Senators. I would have no difficulty with that. It is a matter for the Minister, ultimately. I acknowledge the work of the Cathaoirleach, Senator Mark Daly, in convening the commission on local democracy in the previous Seanad. Much of that fed into this report. I have raised a number of issues, all of which are positive. I hope we can make progress on all of them.