Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

It is obvious this is a male dominated Chamber. I call on the Deputy Leader to set aside some time next week for a debate on the long awaited report on child abuse in the Dublin diocese which is being launched this afternoon. It is welcome and long overdue. It will bring closure for some people but for others it will be a re-opening of the raw pain they had to live through. Could a couple of hours be set aside for a debate on the report? There is no point doing it the week after next. It is too bad the report is being published today and the House is not sitting tomorrow. As we have always said in this Chamber, one must strike while the iron is hot and while the topic is to the fore. I also compliment and congratulate the HSE on its foresight in putting extra counselling support in place in preparation for the avalanche of calls it will receive as a result of the publication of this terrible report.