Michael Finucane (Fine Gael)

The incident at the weekend involving the young Latvian woman has shocked the nation. During the debate on this case yesterday in the other House the Taoiseach conceded we have too many guns, criminals and murderers on our streets. That is an incredible statement from a Taoiseach who has been in Government for the past ten years. Admittedly, the Leader of the Progressive Democrats Party was not in the House when the Taoiseach made that statement. He was putting up signs around the city which state, "The PDs get things done better". If the Progressive Democrats want to do anything in regard to what the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform proposes, they should do more than make statements such as that made by the Taoiseach in the Dáil yesterday, which is a shocking indictment of the record of the coalition Government during the past ten years,