Niall Ó Brolcháin (Green Party)

I commend Senators for calling for a debate on special education needs.

I also call for a debate on the issue of Travellers' health, on which a report was published today. The health of Travellers is linked with poor accommodation. The report recommends a greater national input into the issue of Traveller accommodation because the current local authority system does not appear to be working.

Senator Hannigan referred to a report by Engineers Ireland, an organisation which is strongly focused on the concept of the green economy. I call for a debate on the green economy, on which both the Fine Gael Party and the Government have produced good documents. We need to find a way out of the current economic downturn and the green economy appears to be the best way to achieve this.