Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

Will the Leader arrange a debate during the next session on women's rights and sexual reproductive health? We have not had such a debate since I came into the Seanad and it would be timely to have it now. I was in Peru and Brazil recently with the Inter-European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development to look at the subject and the trip opened my eyes in many ways. There are many issues in Ireland that should be addressed, particularly in light of the opinion of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on giving consideration to a reduction of the age of consent for females from 17 to 15 and the risk of the spread of AIDS and STIs among the young.