Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Leader to organise a series of debates on ageing and ageism when we reconvene in the autumn. Last week, the Cathaoirleach kindly suggested to me that I submit a request for an Adjournment debate on this issue. We then had a tremendous revelation from the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Seán Power, who has responsibility for the elderly, when he said that the general medical service contracts for GPs would be examined and that he would ask the Health Service Executive to review the case of Dr. Patricia Comer who must retire in August from serving her public patients.

We should have a united front on this issue as we did in regard to child care.