Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Leader to arrange a debate including the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, on An Bord Pleanála, the composition of its board and some of its decisions. I heard yesterday from the Irish Rural Dwellers Association which made presentations, both an oral and written, which were worrying. An inspector, an employee of the board, is on record saying that as far as he is concerned there should be no rural houses at all. I would like to know on what planet that man lives. These comments are a disgrace given that we have a unique culture of rural living. When the foot and mouth disease epidemic was here every person, whether in city, town or village, made an effort to ensure that the land and our livestock were protected. That showed the love the Irish people have for the land and the countryside.

I support Senator Corrigan's remarks on psychiatry and the need for several special care units to be set up throughout the country on a regional basis. There are several people in our psychiatric hospitals who, because of their very challenging behaviour, need these special units. I ask that Senator Corrigan's request be facilitated as soon as possible. I will participate in this debate too and I ask that the Minister for Health and Children come to the House to address the concerns that Senator Corrigan and I have expressed.