Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

I support Senator Rónán Mullen in his call for a debate on the impending report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse from Mr. Justice Seán Ryan. I have never heard of such a thing as a most senior clergyman, in the form of His Excellency Diarmuid Martin, warning us of what a terrible, appalling report this will be. I ask the Leader to set some time aside next week to discuss this, while the issue is still burning and people are still exercised about it.

I also support my colleague Senator Mary White in her call for a debate on paediatric and youth psychiatric services. Somebody mentioned that the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Moloney, is going around the psychiatric hospitals quietly and unannounced to investigate their facilities. The Minister of State and the Government are committed to implementing the blueprint in A Vision for Change. As late as yesterday morning I heard a leading European expert on RTE1 complimenting the Government on A Vision for Change. I look forward to that debate. I must point out that, as other Senators have said, the antiquated buildings are few and far between. We have moved on to a community model of psychiatric care for young and old.