Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One career guidance teacher for 500 kids is pie in the sky. It is not possible to sustain that.

Will the Leader ask the Minister for Defence, Deputy Coveney, to come to the House to discuss the Ebola crisis? It is growing more worrying by the day. We need to know that we are ready should anybody here be affected. We need to know what precautions and screening are being taken. I was shocked to hear him say on the RTÉ news recently that there is no need for screening at Irish airports because nobody comes into Ireland on direct flights from west Africa. That is immaterial. I might go to the United Kingdom and meet someone there who has come into the UK from west Africa. This virus is contracted by contact. Let us not be caught unprepared. I am talking about protecting our people. We need reassurance and to hear that statement, from the health and defence points of view.