Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I commend the Leas-Chathaoirleach on his work as Chair of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on children's mental health services, as well as Senator Freeman and all the other members of that committee on producing its report. I thank in particular the parents who were courageous enough to come forward to tell the committee about their experiences, which I think has informed the report in a very positive way. However, like A Vision for Change, it is all in the implementation and how effectively the recommendations within this report will be implemented. I look forward to a full discussion and debate on this in the Seanad in the near future.

Turning to the main business I wish to raise, I was glad to see that the Taoiseach attended several engagements in Derry last week and I welcome his comments about Brexit and the devastating consequences it will have on the Border communities and indeed the entire island of Ireland. I particularly welcome his focus on the internal strife in the Tory party. This is the Tory party that is advising my leader's party on how it should communicate. The shambolic attitude of the British Government to the Border-----