Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I join colleagues in requesting the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to the House to explain how and when he intends to honour his commitment in the programme for Government to provide 2,000 extra gardaí. As stated at the AGSI conference yesterday, front-line policing is at its lowest level for 20 years. That is an indictment of the Government. Are the extra gardaí to go the same way as the designated traffic corps, which appears to have been abandoned? The programme for Government seems now to have been nothing less than a programme for promises.

To conclude, I bow to general opinion. After yesterday's events, I agree that women have better memories than gentlemen.