Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

Gabh mo leithscéal. I am engaged in an Oireachtas study on early school drop outs, and all the teachers involved in the study can tell which children are at risk, even those in junior infants.

I call on the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews, to put in place a concerned watch register for the children who are at risk so we can act early to save lives. It is something everyone in this House would support, because we know, given the history of neglect and abuse in this country which we heard so much about yesterday, we cannot allow any more of the lives of those who end up in care to be lost.