Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Deputy Leader to ask the Minister for Health and Children to come to the Chamber to have a debate on eating disorders. I was shocked to hear a discussion on a radio programme this morning by two experts in the field, who will hold a public meeting tonight, which is free of charge, on obesity. They said it is viewed almost as a norm as we have reached such high numbers and people are accepting it as a regular, ordinary, everyday condition. We have the highest levels of obesity in Europe.

I am no stranger to asking for a debate on the other eating disorder, anorexia nervosa. I have asked, on several occasions, for a debate on the number of ring-fenced beds in the country. There are only two, while there is none for paediatrics. I ask the Deputy Leader to ask the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, or the Minister of State, Deputy Moloney, to facilitate us with a debate.