I renew my call to the Leader to arrange a debate on the situation in Syria and the appalling bombardment of civilians which continues daily in Aleppo where yesterday 100 people were killed. I have circulated a motion to group leaders in this House. It is very important that Seanad Éireann speak with one voice to condemn the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria, from wherever we are speaking, be it this or any other building. We should speak with one voice on this hugely important and grave humanitarian crisis. I am grateful to all of the group leaders who have come back to me to express support for the wording. I have now circulated a revised wording. I will speak further to some group leaders to see if we can make sure everyone can sign up to it. The basic premise of the motion is to condemn the breaches of international humanitarian and human rights law, particularly in exposing civilian populations to indiscriminate attack, and to condemn the destruction of essential infrastructure and services, including basic medical care.

It is the destruction of hospitals, in particular, that the United Nations and Médecins Sans Frontières have been highlighting with such desperation.

The motion also calls on the Government to continue to use all available diplomatic means and forums to raise the issue, co-operate with like-minded states and work towards an end to aerial bombardment, a genuine cessation of violence and humanitarian aid access. It is a motion to which everyone should be able to sign up and I ask those groupings which have not got back to me to do so and I will try to ensure we will have a motion to be put forward by tomorrow or Thursday which we might then perhaps debate in the House when time permits with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

I welcome Senator Mark Daly's Bill on Irish Sign Language which we will debate tomorrow. The Labour Party Senators will support it and we commend Senator Mark Daly for introducing it. I look forward to hosting a discussion on Thursday, to which all colleagues are invited, on a topic on which Senator Mark Daly has another Bill, namely, the national anthem, and to look at how best legislation might proceed on the issue. I will circulate another invitation to all colleagues to the briefing on Thursday.

I thank the Leader for arranging the debate last week on justice matters with the Minister for Justice and Equality. We need to have the Minister in again, given the grave crisis we see in policing, not only the concerns about whistleblowers raised in this and the other House but also the imminent withdrawal of labour by gardaí. As I said in the debate with the Minister last week, there is potentially a way forward potentially taking note of what the European Court of Human Rights has stated about the recognition of collective bargaining rights at national level for Garda representative associations. If these rights were accorded to the Garda representative associations, the issues around pay and conditions could be debated in the context of the national collective bargaining talks. That is a way forward that may present itself. I would welcome the opportunity to engage again with the Minister on the issue as we face into this very serious industrial action.

I am extremely concerned about the position of the St. Mary of the Angels community facility in Beaufort, Killarney, County Kerry. I ask that it be exempted from the national move on policy and that the HSE be requested to cancel the pilot scheme at the site. It has 77 residents, people with a mental and-or other disability. They cannot decide for themselves and decisions would have to be made by their parents or families. This will have to be recognised more clearly than it is. This special community should be reinstated immediately for the receipt of funding. I intend to pursue the matter actively with the Minister responsible. The community has existed for many years and some of the residents have been in the facility for up to 40 years. It is not possible to treat them as if they can move on, I will not say "willy-nilly" because it is not quite that bad, but we cannot do it in this day and age. There must be much more humanity shown. It would make much more sense for the authorities to reinvest not necessarily huge amounts but whatever is required and as required to rejuvenate the site and make it proper. We cannot decongregate people who have been there for so long. It is their home and what they recognise. We will disorient them totally. A stop must be put to this move. I am speaking to the Minister about it, but perhaps it is something about which in a more general sense we might speak. We cannot speak about just one site, as I am sure other sites are affected throughout the country. Perhaps in early course we can have the Minister in the House for a suitable debate on the matter.