Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I join colleagues in welcoming yesterday's announcement by the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, in this House in response to the Private Members' motion tabled by Senators Whelan and Landy. She agreed to review the legal costs associated with the State Claims Agency and also look at the manner in which claimants or potential claimants are dealt with by that agency while protecting the interests of the taxpayer.

I concur with what my party's leader in this House and Senator O'Donovan said about the housing crisis. It is an emergency, as has been stated on many occasions in this House and the Lower House and by those working most closely with the people involved in the crisis. I include in that Senator Hayden and I acknowledge the excellent work she and her agency, Threshold, have done throughout the years.

I ask the Deputy Leader to clarify for the Members of this House and for the nation in general when the Labour Party believes the Taoiseach will call the general election.