Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

It is going in the right direction. The other proposals for a reserve force and so on will help to meet the challenges gardaí face each day. We should welcome the proposal rather than try to denigrate it.

I join Senator Quinn in calling for the House to have its voice heard in regard to the individual who may be executed in Afghanistan for changing his religion from Islam to Christianity. I would remind Senators who are vocal in criticising America for the war on terrorism to take into account that this type of regime, and these kinds of institutions, are what is causing strife throughout the world. We cannot be selective.