John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael)

I support Senator Brian Hayes's request for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to the House to discuss the incident that occurred last night. While the Minister is here he could also discuss his proposed reforms of the Garda Síochána. This has been raised by a number of Senators over the past week but the Leader has not responded adequately. I urge her to invite the Minister to the House to discuss these reforms. It would be devastating for rural areas to have any more Garda stations closed.