Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise two issues, one of which is to welcome the €6.8 million funding Shannon Airport received yesterday from the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, for which I thank her. I wish to pay compliment to the CEO of Shannon Airport, Ms Mary Considine, and the staff and team for their wonderful work on promoting Shannon as a regional airport. The Minister of State visited many times and certainly saw what Shannon could contribute. I thank her and Government for that funding.

I ask the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health to come in for a debate at an appropriate time in terms of children on waiting lists for child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. While the numbers on waiting lists have come down, it is still a huge issue. Perhaps the Deputy Leader could arrange for that debate to happen at some stage. This is something that affects all regions of the country.