I would like to be associated with the comments of my colleague from Longford, Senator Flaherty, on the brutal treatment of Thomas Quinn, a local garda in our area. I will leave it there because Senator Flaherty covered it well.

I would like to speak about mental health this week. The issue of mental health certainly hit our areas of Drumlish and the wider area of Newtown Forbes in the past number of weeks. It has hit a student population who are devastated at the loss of a number of their friends. I hope that as we come up to exams, parents will be cognisant that there is a sight of pressure on kids who are going into these exams and that not every child can be a doctor or a barrister. They will always find a way in life. I ask parents to try not to put pressure on their kids when they are sitting exams because they are under enough pressure themselves. I wish all students the very best in their exams. I hope parents realise they are under enough pressure with the exams and do not put any more pressure on them at home.