Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government sets Dáil business. A number of weeks ago we saw publication of the children's rights report where the Government received an F grade for its total and abject failure in regard to child poverty, with one in eight children now living in consistent poverty. The Tánaiste promised during the Order of Business that she would secure a Dáil debate in regard to how, as a collective Legislature, we can tackle child poverty. We are almost two months on from that promise and there is no indication of such a debate. Will the Tánaiste indicate when that debate will be facilitated?

Will she indicate when the national vetting legislation will be commenced? It went through the Houses of the Oireachtas over two years ago but it has yet to be commenced. When will the Child and Family Relationships Bill be commenced?

We talk about homelessness and about poverty in the context of the lack of funding for councils. A very important funding stream for councils over the years was the tenant purchase scheme but no tenant purchase scheme has been in operation for the past 12 months. When will the Government finally bring forward the much-promised tenant purchase scheme?

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