Michael Mullins (Fine Gael)

Yes, and the west. People naturally head west but they do not always head to the east of the county.

Yesterday, Senator Quinn raised the issue of the very low level of organ donation. We should have a very open and frank discussion on this in the Chamber. We need to do something dramatic to increase the level of organ donation in the country and the House should be used for a broad discussion and debate on it.

Unfortunately, people in every part of the country are seeing the enormous increase in the level of suicide, particularly among young men. Recently, I listened to a man speaking on the radio about 16 people he knew from his area in a county in the south of the country who had lost their lives through suicide. This is a crisis of enormous proportions. If the numbers losing their lives through suicide were dying on the roads, a national emergency would be declared. The incidence of suicide is a national emergency. Will the Leader ask the CPP to invite an expert in this area to address the House to facilitate us all in having a frank discussion and to help us in order that we can help our constituents?