Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I wish to share time with Senators McFadden and Donohoe. We will speak for one minute each. It is ridiculous and unfair that we do not have sufficient time to discuss this subject when so many speakers are offering.

There is no comparison between the amounts of money rightly being spent on road safety, and on suicide prevention. This is a disgrace and shows a lack of seriousness in dealing with this problem in recent years.

There are 96 recommendations in Reach Out and the Minister of State will be judged on the progress he makes in implementing them. We look forward to a further debate on mental health and suicide a few years from now, to see how much progress we have made. The Minister of State will be judged on his actions rather than his words. We hope that there will have been significant progress and that targets will have been achieved by the time we have that debate.