I join with Senator Reilly in calling for a debate on roaming charges. It is an issue for this island and is something the EU could try to regulate to a greater degree.

I want to mention cash for gold shops and query whether the legislation is close to coming before us. The current situation is like the wild west where thieves can present different items taken from people's houses. They do not need to have any ID. They are given cash, but if they were given cheques there might be some traceability. One or two gardaí to whom I have spoken are convinced that the cash for gold craze has led to a huge increase in the number of burglaries.

Today is the first world ovarian cancer day. It is designed to raise awareness of the disease worldwide. In an Irish context, between 1994 and 2010 an average of 376 new cases of ovarian cancer were presented in Ireland each year. It is very important to raise awareness because it has the lowest survival rate of all gynaecological cancers. Nearly 250,000 women globally are diagnosed annually with the disease and it is responsible for 140,000 deaths each year. Ireland fares quite well, ranking fourth highest in 30 countries surveyed, and has the highest mortality rate in Europe. There is much that can be done. The first step is awareness.

Are you looking for a debate on the matter?

I am not necessarily looking for a debate on this issue. I wanted to raise it.

I join with Senator Noone in calling for the legislation to regulate cash for gold outlets to be enacted as soon as possible. Self-regulation is not working and I agree there is evidence they are causing a lot of burglaries, in particular in rural areas.

Yesterday the Government approved the preparation of a new planning and development Bill which will establish a new planning regulator. The appointment of such a regulator was one of the most significant recommendations regarding planning made by the Mahon tribunal. I welcome that the legislation will come into existence.

Yesterday, in formulating the proposal, the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, said she engaged with a wide variety of stakeholders and believed that the new planning regulator will improve the quality of planning in Ireland, increase transparency and accountability and, most important, increase public trust in our planning system. I very much hope the Bill does what she said.

Will the Leader invite the Minister of State to the House so we can ask her with whom she consulted on the preparation of the Bill? If reports we see in newspapers today and in national media yesterday are anything to go by, we need to ask how independent the regulator will be if the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has the final say on any recommendation such a regulator may make.