Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

I compliment everyone concerned. In some ways this echoes the words of Padraic Colum's poem The Old Woman of the Roads, "O, to have a little house! To own the hearth and stool and all!". Since taking over the portfolio of housing, the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, has been very proactive in the whole area of housing and homelessness. The Bill affords Members of both Houses an opportunity to make a real input and to address this very serious social ill. I look forward to hearing the views of colleagues as the debate progresses.