Marie Moloney (Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have waited many years for a good spell of weather but unfortunately it has brought the drowning tragedies of the past few weeks.

In my own county a number of young people lost their lives in drowning tragedies. A campaign is needed to warn people to take care when swimming in lakes and rivers because these waters do not have the buoyancy of the sea because of the lack of salt and there is also the risk of the body becoming too cold in them.

The Cabinet is meeting as we speak. I presume it will be dealing with the Walsh report, the details of which will be published after the meeting. We have waited a long time for this report and it is unfortunate that it will be published just as the two Houses go into recess and there will be no time for an immediate debate. I ask the Leader to put the debate of the Walsh report's findings and recommendations on the agenda for the first week of the next term. It is a very important issue for victims of symphysiotomy.