Cecilia Keaveney (Fianna Fail)

I was dealing with that.

I again ask whatever party is in the next Government to examine the role of music, both music therapy for those who need it and music as a personal development tool in the education sector. There are proven links between that subject and mathematics. I might be a lone voice crying in the wilderness in this Chamber but I am not the only voice on this when one considers international research, which has proven those links.

I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, to the House for a discussion on justice and an update on how the Children Act is currently being implemented. I read with horror a report in the Belfast Telegraph on Monday. Many children who commit crimes are too young to be dealt with in the system. In the North, one child had committed an offence at three years of age and one had committed nine crimes at four years of age. Have we a similar problem with children aged from three to seven years old committing crimes? Under the Children Act, parents were made responsible for the actions of their children. A comparison should be carried out between the situation here and that in the North under the Minister for Justice, Mr. Ford, given that there is so much cross-Border co-operation.