Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I feel strongly that we should use this time with the Minister to try to get over the line something that has been raised with me by numerous women as impacting their daily lives, so I was disappointed by Senator Warfield’s intervention. We all speak about the difficulties in the healthcare system. I did so on radio last night. I would love to see a new cancer building in University Hospital Galway, and we are working on that. However, I did not use the opportunity of this debate to raise other issues. Neither did anyone else. Other Senators spoke to the motion, and that is what we are here to do. This is a Private Members’ motion that we put a great deal of time into and I thank Senators.

I would love it if the Minister had said that he would sign off on this tiny amount of money. I will be on his back about it. Everyone in government is supportive of it. Now is the time to find that small amount of money, not only to make people’s lives better, but to make them more inclined to step up and take the treatment that will ensure they have a better quality of life and their families can have them around for longer.