Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Contrary to what Deputy Eamon Ryan said, my daughter, Councillor Orla Leyden, launched a campaign to try to retain the Cuisle centre for the Irish Wheelchair Association, IWA, in Donamon in County Roscommon. The general media has literally ignored this issue. On Facebook, its service users, people in wheelchairs, and others who have difficulties and so on, have responded. There have been 35,000 hits. RTE has not responded to this issue; it has ignored it completely. The people my daughter and I represent are voiceless without Facebook. Whatever about hate speech, I do not have Facebook, I do not read Facebook and I do not want to know what people are saying about me on Facebook, that saves me any concerns. I am, however, concerned about an issue which is of such vital importance that, last Friday, the chief executive of the IWA told the 45 members of staff that they would be sacked on 29 November. They had no voice and Facebook is the face and voice of the voiceless.