Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Leader to organise for the Minister of State, Deputy Andrews, to debate bullying. I know Deputy Andrews will be in the House tomorrow. "Prime Time Investigates" must be congratulated. We all know where we want to be on Monday nights when that programme is broadcast. Everybody wants to watch it to get the picture. We see the tip of the iceberg but the programme goes into the depths of the matter.

Society should be fearful because of the scenes depicted on that programme and, as parents, we are horrified. I was horrified and found myself thanking God that my children are out of the teenage stage and are now young adults. I would be terrified as a young parent if I had children in second level school today. Is it not terrible that the perpetrators get away whereas, for example, the two young girls from Wexford have dropped out of school and do not intend returning to full-time education because they are too scarred?