Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)

I would like to raise the question of the Ombudsman for Children report which was published last week, in particular, the question of reporting to the Health Service Executive. I was pleased with the proposal of a dedicated phone line. Now that the HSE is such a huge organisation, with the hospitals' office in Naas and primary care headquarters in Limerick, it is important that there is a dedicated phone line. It is worrying that people do not have the same access to services that they had in the past, particularly in regard to children's issues. There should be a dedicated phone line. If there was a debate on the matter, perhaps we would finalise these proposals, and other proposals in this very good report.