Paul Murphy

It is. I will read it again. It does say that. As part of this master of the spin, it also says "Tenancies of unlimited duration to be enhanced by introduction of rolling-six year tenancies ...". That is some enhancement, Taoiseach. You are getting rid of tenancies of unlimited duration and going back to the old system of rolling six-year tenancies. What you are presenting is Orwellian. The logic …

-----people who are trying to buy a house, people who are locked out and who are going to be locked out even further-----

-----are going to be on the streets-----

-----next Tuesday at 6 p.m. in front of the Dáil as part of-----

-----a major Raise the Roof mobilisation to stop this Government and its landlord agenda.

Yes.

The housing crisis is not new, Taoiseach.

It is not me suggesting it. The Government's own press statement refers to a right to reset. It is not just in a written press statement; it is also what the Minister, Deputy Browne, told the media. At the press conference earlier he said what happens is that at the end of the six years, the rate-setting piece - effectively the rent - could be put back to the market in line with what the press sta…

Which is it?

So new tenancies are going to be every six years.

It is not what you said, and it is not what your-----

Deliberately? You are the one-----

Taoiseach, you have the press statement.

The Taoiseach defends the idea that if tenants leave during the six-year period and it is not a no-fault eviction, it can be reset. The Taoiseach is saying he is in favour of that, and it is not a mistake. Any time a tenant leaves, the rent can be reset.

That is a recipe for rocketing rents. How high does he want rents to go?

It is also-----

Let me finish the point. It is also a recipe for constructive evictions, where the landlord says, "I am not going to fix your heating", "I am not going to fix your toilet" and "I am going to force you out so that I can reset the rent." The final thing I ask is for the Taoiseach to agree-----

-----that when it comes to voting on this, landlords in this Dáil-----

-----should not have a vote on this measure, given their interest in it.

No, I did not. I was just pointing this-----

I believe in a State construction company.

"RTÉ Investigates" made for really harrowing watching. We saw people treated without any shred of human dignity, treated like burdens. We need to debate this in the Dáil this week. We need to implement adult safeguarding legislation and mandatory reporting. We also need to deal with the fact we are the most privatised system in the European Union in terms of nursing home care. That did not happen …

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Council. [25527/25]

The Taoiseach referenced the galloping militarisation happening at EU level. It underlines the importance of Ireland's neutrality in that context and the importance of the struggle to defend that neutrality. Significant numbers will be on the streets this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Garden of Remembrance to do so. What we have heard about the triple lock has confirmed the basic point the Taoiseach m…

NATO.