Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

I support the comments of Senator Kitt on the register of electors. Despite the best efforts of my local authority, Westmeath County Council, to compile the register of electors in an accurate way, many people deliberately avoid going on the register. I believe they should have a legal obligation to be on the register.

I strongly support Senator Ó Murchú's proposal that the original document on which Amhrán na bhFiann is written should be purchased by the State. This should not require debate and should be done as a matter of urgency.

Almost two years ago I asked the Leader of the House to organise a debate on diabetes, which has been recently described in a national newspaper as the silent epidemic. Recent figures published clearly indicate that 250,000 people suffer from diabetes of whom 90% suffer from type 2 diabetes. A further 25% of those are unaware they have the disease. It is time we had the debate and I ask the Leader whether she has recently requested the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to come to the House for such a debate, which should be held as a matter of urgency.