James Bannon (Fine Gael)

I am glad the Minister of State has admitted that the existing legislation has not been enforced to any great extent. Is this not a damning indictment of a party that has been in Government continuously for over seven years? Each September and October, young students from rural areas desperately seek accommodation in Dublin. I have seen accommodation that such students have been offered and one would not house animals in some of it. It is wrong to have such poor quality, sub-standard accommodation in some parts of our cities. It is not happening in Dublin alone, but also in other urban areas. That is why I am pressing the amendment.