Michael Mullins (Fine Gael)

I support Senator Gilroy in his initiative on suicide, which the House should support. It affects every community the length and breadth of the country and the more we highlight the issue and discuss how we can provide adequate funding to tackle the problem, the better. I am pleased to welcome the Taoiseach's announcement of 150 jobs in Merit Medical in Galway. Ireland is attracting significant inward investment. The trade missions over the past year are paying dividends and it is important that on 31 May we vote for stability and to ensure the euro remains strong to continue to attract the investment we have seen in recent times.

I welcome the announcement by the Tánaiste than €8 million will be provided to tackle child undernutrition and to support cutting edge of research to boost agricultural productivity in the developing world. He also gave a commitment that during Ireland's Presidency in 2013 we will highlight hunger on the EU development agenda.