Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I would recommend that this be brought about.

I also welcomed the fact that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, officially opened the CT scanner at Roscommon County Hospital. Again, this is a step in the right direction where the proper diagnostic equipment is on site and available.

Through the efforts of Deputy Finneran, a group from Roscommon met the Minister for Health and Children today to discuss the establishment of Defibrillation and Resuscitation Access, DARA. The founder and secretary of this organisation, Eunice Langley, has been doing tremendous work and she has set about a programme. The Minister kindly met us today at the request of Deputy Finneran to discuss the provision of defibrillators throughout the country. This programme has been established——