Liam Fitzgerald (Fianna Fail)

As regards the issue of the redress board, it has also come to my attention in the past 12 months that people who attended the orthopaedic hospital in Clontarf are experiencing difficulties because this institution was not included. I support the call for a debate on this issue.

As regards education, there are three or four other issues that are current. One of these is the drive by some elements of the media for league tables. That might have been discussed yesterday or last week. However, given the agenda apparently being driven by certain elements of the media and others, it would do no harm to include this in a composite debate on education, perhaps identifying up to five of the serious current issues. I support Senator Bradford's call for a debate.