Mary Henry (Independent)

I support Senator Quinn's call for a debate on the prisons report. It would be interesting to know if the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has decided eventually to make the position of Inspector of Prisons statutory as recommended quite some time ago. In his report, Mr. Justice Kinlen has gone so far as to say he has drafted a Bill which could be used by the Minister. We could debate the Bill in the House.

I support Senator Ulick Burke's comment on the survey of general practitioners. While it is very serious, the matter could be rectified very rapidly if we started to qualify enough doctors by making sufficient places available for medical students.