Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

I ask the Leader to arrange an early debate on the crisis in accident and emergency units, particularly in larger hospitals. Despite all the promises made by the Government and in particular the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, the situation is getting worse. Even more overcrowding is occurring, if that is possible, and there is severe mismanagement of the issue. The matter needs to be debated at an early stage.

I also wish to ask the Leader to arrange a debate on the report on the family by the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution. Such a debate would allow us to air the important issues that have been covered by the report. It should be made clear that not everybody on the committee was in agreement with the report, despite the attempts of the Chairman to say so. The report contains important matters for this House to discuss and we should do that at an early stage.