Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

I call for a debate on car insurance. There is much evidence to suggest there are many uninsured cars on our roads and that the status of some of those insured is questionable. I know and am pleased to be able to say that all cars that leave garages are insured because I have checked it. I am not so sure, however, that this is true in certain cases following purchase at car auctions. It is a serious matter. It is bad enough if people who get behind the wheel are bad drivers. A person can be a good driver without or without insurance but if he or she has no insurance, it is a serious matter.

I raised a matter here that was brought to my attention, not for the first time, by one of my constituents in County Westmeath. The matter pertains to organ donation. There is a great need for a debate on this matter. I will not go into the whys and wherefores of it because we will do that when the debate arises. This individual and others to whom I have spoken and who have contacted me on this matter are deeply concerned. I ask the Leader and our spokesperson on health, therefore, to exhort the Minister for Health and Children to have a debate on this very sensitive issue.