Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

Will the Leader of the House ask both the Minister for Health and Children and the Minister for Finance to arrange for the three major reports on the health service – the Hanly, Brennan and Prospectus reports – to be published as soon as possible? It would also be helpful if they were published in advance of Government decisions on the service. It is clear that they are widely available to the media, yet Members of both Houses do not have access to them. I ask that they be placed in the Oireachtas Library as soon as possible. The Government could then, in its own time, get on with decision-making with regard to the recommendations made in the reports. It happened in the case of the rail review also. These reports are widely available in the media long before they are made available to us.

Will the Leader ask the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to arrange for last night's "True Lives" programme on the horrific effects of car accidents to be made available in schools, particularly in transition year and leaving certificate classes? The horrific effects of speeding and alcohol, particularly on the families of young men, should be brought home to the greatest possible extent to young people and this programme would play a very useful role in doing that.

I add my voice to the calls for the appointment of an ombudsman for children.