Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

I also want to highlight the fact that there is now a great lack of trust in some of our financial institutions. I agree fully with Senator Mansergh and what he said. If we cannot have trust in the people who are at the top of these institutions, how can we have full confidence about what is happening to our money? Many customers feel aggrieved at what is going on and I again link that to how pensions are being dealt with for people who pay into occupational pension schemes. The same people deal with the pension industry. We need urgently to widen the investigation into how they deal with this and the connections between them and the remuneration and benefits they gain from that. Many have lost trust in that system.

In our recent election canvas many of us have heard major concern expressed on the doorsteps about the level of anti-social behaviour on our streets and in our communities. We have often discussed this here but the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is taking no action on it. There is a lawless group of people at large in society who believe they can do whatever they wish and no action is being taken. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform should come here and outline for us once again what he will do to tackle the high levels of anti-social behaviour in our communities.