Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I wish to refer to the number of guillotines the Government has proposed for this week and next. In the past, we have had experience of legislation being guillotined and issues have subsequently arisen that have caused some difficulty. This morning, I listened to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who said he had to seek advice from the Attorney General overnight because he did not understand the difference between a granny-flat in the garden or one attached to a house. I received a letter today from a family whose father suffers from dementia and is in a nursing home full time. They have been trying for the last 12 months to sell that house but cannot do so due to the market situation.

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