Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator MacSharry and others spoke about the Pieta House launch of its Mind Our Men campaign this morning. I compliment Pieta House on the excellent work it does in this regard. We will certainly have a debate after Easter on the issue of suicide. We have had several debates on the issue in the past and we will continue to keep it in people's minds.

With regard to the polling times for by-elections, I do not wish to get involved in by-election campaigning in the House today, but it is somewhat cynical for Senator MacSharry to raise the hours. He actually got it wrong. As Senator Noone, mentioned, the polls will not close at 7 o'clock.