Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Health and Children to the House to discuss a national plan for rare diseases. Some 140,000 of our fellow citizens suffer from rare diseases and it is important for us to have a coherent national plan. I ask for that debate to be facilitated as soon as possible.

In a rare moment of equality on this side of this House, I sympathise with Senator Boyle on his plight last night.