Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

I strongly support the remarks of Senators O'Toole and Wilson on the announcement of the Minister for Health and Children on head shops. We have the dubious honour in Mullingar of having two such shops, one of which is brazen enough to advertise that it can advise people on how to grow their own products. Such brazenness is unrivalled. I welcome, in particular, the sanctions proposed by the Minister. I hope everybody involved — private citizens, the Garda and all other agencies — will co-operate to put head shops where they belong, namely, out of business.

In the past I called on many occasions for a debate on type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I succeeded after two years in getting a debate for an hour and a quarter. It is time to have this debate again and I hope the Leader will give more time to the subject on this occasion. Types 1 and 2 diabetes have dire effects on the health services. Any physician or GP will indicate type 2 diabetes is among those diseases which are most on the rise. A good debate in this House for a realistic period be of benefit. We are whistling past the graveyard on this issue on both sides of the House.