Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

I am pleased to welcome the Minister of State back to the House. He has been in attendance frequently of late.

I welcome the Ombudsman for Children's report, but it would be much better if we were able to debate it without the tragic discovery of the body of Daniel McAnaspie in recent days. It would benefit us all if we were not as emotional about the issue. The atmosphere is charged and we would get more out of the debate if we had not encountered this tragedy in the past week.