Ivor Callely (Fianna Fail)

A service provider indicated in a radio interview earlier that serious gaps remain for children in care. Could the Leader arrange appropriate briefings and reports? We could then consider whether it is necessary to have a debate in the House regarding the level of supports, the gaps, if any, and the variances in different areas of the country in services provided to children taken into care.

I welcome the fact that a number people are now joining me in asking for a debate on pensions. As Senators will know, I have been asking for this debate for a period of time. I hope the Leader will now be able to accommodate it, especially given that we have the new framework document. We have other reports available to us, including the recent report from the Pensions Board.

I have referred previously to the issue and importance of competitiveness. I am pleased to note the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has announced today that he is to establish a working group to review commercial rent reviews. He has already banned upward-only rent reviews and has now established this working group. Would it be possible to arrange a debate in this House as soon as this group's first report is available because it impinges on the issue of competitiveness?