Ivana Bacik (Independent)

As I stated, it is a matter for the Cathaoirleach.

Senator Brennan raised the issue of the state of dustbins and waste collection generally. He made a good point, which we might address with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government or which could be addressed directly with local authorities.

Senator Wilson called for a debate on policing and for the Minister, Deputy Shatter, to come to the House. As I stated, that is a debate I have sought already. We hope to have the Minister in on that. He will be here on other matters today.

Senator Ó Domhnaill raised the issue of the personal insolvency Bill and I think I have addressed that. I would take issue with his use of the phrase "dilly-dallying". There is a clear process being gone through. I found the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality hearings extremely helpful. Some of the recommendations in the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality's report will require some time for consideration and I very much hope that we will see them incorporated into the text of the Bill when it is published, but there is a process ongoing.

In response to Senator Ó Domhnaill's other point, the insolvency Bill is a separate process. The drafting of the insolvency Bill is well under way. The heads have been published and I have already explained the process. However, there is a separate process with a Cabinet sub-committee on mortgage arrears that the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste have established because they themselves were frustrated at the lack of progress in dealing with mortgage arrears, and they have said this on a number of occasions.