Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In one way, I hope the Leader does not have a definite date for the sports capital grants as there will be a hell of a rush for the door to get on the phone to the club secretaries and chairmen to give them the good news because everybody wants to get that first. I am sure they will come and I am sure they will be welcomed and, hopefully, most sports groups in the country will be happy.

Like others, I want to pay tribute to Leona Maguire on her fantastic win. I have a link to that. I used to produce a radio show and from when she was 11 years of age, we were ringing her parents because she was having huge success as a youngster. It is a really great story. The one thing about Leona Maguire is that she has been so humble in reaching the top, and that is what struck me about her. She is such a lovely humble person. I am sure there will be another homecoming in Cavan on this occasion - back to the Slieve Russell.

I want to speak about last night's programme, which was horrific. We need to recognise two things, first, that someone has suffered really terrible abuse and violence, and also that some men have also suffered. It was important to realise that the programme pointed out that men have nowhere to go. I am satisfied the Government is going to tackle this and I was very happy to hear the Minister, Deputy McEntee, speak so positively this morning about moving on this. It is very important that where we do not have refuge centres, and there is none in County Roscommon, we need to put them in place.As somebody pointed out this morning, there should not be a rush to put them in place; this should be done properly. If it takes a little extra time to do it properly, so be it but we need refuges. As I have said previously during a debate in this House, if one is in the middle of a rural area and does not have a Garda station nearby and something goes wrong in one's home involving domestic violence, where does one go?