Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The amendment will insert a specific article in Bunreacht na hÉireann setting out a new standard for this country whereby children will be both seen and heard and where their rights and their protection will be vindicated by the State. However, neither I, Deputy Adams nor the Minister can make that change to the Constitution. It is the people's Constitution and I hope they take that decision strongly on Saturday.

In the area of health, the programme for Government, from items 321 down to 410, sets out a range of issues that must be dealt with. The Department of Health, which is now under the leadership of the Minister, Deputy James Reilly, and the Ministers of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch and Alex White, was a jungle for many years, with no clarity as to where the whole process was headed. We are now, at least, getting clarity in a number of areas-----

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