I congratulate the girls of Bailieborough Community School who won the all-Ireland post-primary schools junior B Gaelic football competition against a Carlow side. It was an extraordinary achievement for a small local community school and we are very proud of them. I live across the road from the school and it is my neighbour. I see the teams training there and it is wonderful.

To turn to the issue I have come in specifically to raise, and recognising the good work that the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, is doing in the area of older persons, I request the Leader to invite him to the House to discuss progress on putting home care on a statutory basis as we have done with nursing homes. Most people want to stay in their own homes. In the first place, it is best for the person and best for the community, but it is also more cost effective. It would be necessary to put in place a well-trained, permanent and well-resourced cohort of carers to establish this scheme. We should have a statutory home care scheme. I ask the Leader that we have that debate in the House on this important topic. It could be one of the greatest reforms of this age. We should have the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, in the House to discuss it. He is probably working on it very effectively but we need to see it happen in the lifetime of the Government.