Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I can certainly ask for that. We will be doing the end of second quarter report on Housing For All in about two weeks' time. Perhaps we can include it on that. In Fingal, my own county, it is about 200. There is a good chance we will exceed the target of 1,500 for this year. Whether all those purchases are signed and sealed by the end of the year is a different question. It may well be more than 2,000. I believe it has been a successful policy.

It is my understanding that wage theft is a criminal offence under non-payment of wages but I will have to check that again. It might be the case that we should strengthen the law. Not paying someone €200 to which he or she is entitled is the same as taking €200 from that person and the penalty should be similar.

On trans healthcare, I met with the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, during Pride week last week as well as meeting with Transgender Equality Network Ireland, TENI, and most of the groups representing the LGBT community. We agreed there would be further engagement on trans healthcare, which is not up to scratch in Ireland and does not compare favourably with most of the other European countries. There have been real difficulties recruiting staff in those areas and a lot of the medicine in those areas is still being developed.

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