James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Senator Cáit Keane has done a significant service in raising awareness of this issue. I undertake to discuss the matter with my ministerial colleague, the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn. No girl should leave secondary school without understanding the importance of folic acid if she becomes pregnant later in life and wishes to increase her chances of having a perfectly normal baby.