Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I pay tribute to Donal Walsh, the young teenager who tragically died from cancer earlier this week. I extend our sympathy to his parents, sister and family. He was a young man who in a short lifetime achieved a great deal, not only in raising awareness of suicide and doing important work on suicide prevention but also in his immense fund-raising efforts for Crumlin children's hospital. Much of his involvement was so commendable and his family must be very proud of him. In my time in this House we have had numerous debates on the subject of suicide prevention, yet the short video on suicide prevention which he filmed spoke volumes. It will have a much greater impact and has done so already than a great deal of other suicide prevention work.

I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on the inspection of centres for children and adults with disabilities.

I am delighted HIQA has announced it will begin inspections of these centres later this year. That is hugely important and is something for which many people have been looking for a long time. It has set out 60 standards which will underpin the inspections. However, it would be good for this House to debate the sort of inspections of centres for children and adults with disabilities carried out in other jurisdictions and the sort of standards which should be adhered to in those centres.

I welcome the progress being made on the Bus Éireann strike at the Labour Relations Commission, being conscious that so many people were affected by yesterday's strike. I very much hope there will be a successful conclusion to the negotiations at the Labour Relations Commission. It is very welcome from the point of view of all sides that the strike has been called off to allow those negotiations to take place and tribute should be paid to the Labour Relations Commission and all those involved in the negotiations.