Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I support Senator van Turnhout who brought to the attention of the House that the French Senate has banned the exploitation of children via beauty pageants. This House should take the lead by ensuring that such pageants should not be tolerated in Ireland. I will be travelling to Brussels tomorrow to meet Commissioner Malmström and discuss with her and Lord Anthony Steyn from the UK the issues of human trafficking, child trafficking and sexual abuse. This is a huge issue and it is not discussed often enough. I support Senator van Turnhout in the comments she made about it and I compliment her on the report she published.

I wish to bring to the attention of the House the fact that a Galway-based charity is developing an app to try to map every location in Ireland at which defibrillators are located. The charity to which I refer is Helping Hearts, which is seeking support from the public, the media and everyone in politics in order to publicise this matter via Facebook, Twitter, etc. We are all aware of the value of defibrillators. Every Government Department and local authority has a role to play in the context of funding the provision of defibrillators. No one knows where these defibrillators are currently located but with the help of the mobile phone new app being developed by Helping Hearts, people will be able to locate the nearest one and help those who are in trouble. I congratulate Helping Hearts and encourage everyone to give this charity a helping hand in publicising the app to which I refer, which will provide a badly-needed service.