Marie Moloney (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to remind my colleagues that Friday, 6 June is the closing date for submissions on the new national framework for suicide prevention. Myself and a group of people who are deeply interested in reducing the number of deaths by suicide got together in Killarney recently and have formulated a submission. All of the submissions received will inform the development of a national framework for suicide prevention for 2015 to 2018. I urge my colleagues to read the Australian framework for the prevention of suicide which has worked and has reduced the figures there. It is my belief that we need to set up a national suicide prevention authority with ring-fenced Government funding and good leadership. I urge my colleagues to examine the issues and make a submission before the closing date.