Nicky McFadden (Fine Gael)

I refer to the sad story in the newspapers this morning about the Navan bus crash and the fact the trial has been postponed because of a lack of space in the court. We should speak to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Reform to ensure that is not a reason a case cannot be heard. My heart goes out to the families of the five girls who lost their lives which must wait a whole year for the case to be heard because of lack of funding by this Government. It makes a sham of the service. The Courts Service has apologised but its hands are tied.

Some 300,000 telephone calls were answered by Childline last year while 300,000 were not answered because of a lack funding. Will the Leader find out why 300,000 telephone calls were not answered? Childline has said it was because of a lack of funding. Were the telephone calls of 300,000 children, who were in a desperate state, not answered?