Seanad debates

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

3:00 am

Photo of Mary WhiteMary White (Fianna Fail)

I will refrain from throwing bouquets at my colleagues, but I sincerely wish well to everybody in this Chamber who will put his or her head above the parapet and stand for election. It is easy to talk about standing for election, but it takes great courage to actually do it.

My pleading for the three issues of thalidomide, breast cancer screening and suicide prevention has been successful and they figure in the new programme for Government. I was Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on the High Level of Suicide in Ireland. The new Government will ring-fence a substantial amount of money to deal with the epidemic of suicide. I am delighted the programme for Government proposes to extend breast cancer screening to cover women aged from 64 to 69.

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