I wish to raise with the Leader the issue relating to the appointment of a new director at the National Office for Suicide Prevention. I am not sure of the facts but I understand that this position was previously filled and then vacated and that the person subsequently appointed to it did not take up the offer. It is important that this matter be dealt with. I was not present for the relevant debate last week when the issue of suicide was raised. I take the opportunity to offer my condolences to the Pugsley family in Dromahair and to the family of Eugene Gillespie from Sligo who also died in tragic circumstances. I also offer condolences to the family of Larry Cunningham who was buried yesterday and who was the man responsible for putting Leitrim on the map back in the 1960s.

Lovely Leitrim.