John Gilroy (Labour)

During the Adjournment debate last Tuesday night which was ably facilitated by the Leas-Chathaoirleach I spoke about a funding problem affecting a suicide prevention initiative in Cork. Unfortunately, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs could offer no comfort to me on the matter and it seems funding will not be restored. During my contribution at that time I made clear my intention to ask the House to lay aside time for a full debate on this most pressing of issues. The issue of suicide is the greatest single challenge facing us as a community where 527 people a year die by suicide, and many who work in this area believe that figure is considerably underestimated. The Cathaoirleach might advise me or facilitate a full debate on this most pressing of issues.