Feargal Quinn (Independent)

Senator Kelly said he did not like the term "reskilling". I am convinced reskilling should be the essence of our education. We talk about education as not being there to teach people things but to teach them how to learn. We need lifelong learning and to be able to learn many new skills during our lifetime. Leaving school, believing one does not have to learn again, belongs to the past. We must be enthusiastic about reskilling and lifelong learning.

I do not watch television very often but I did see the two recent programmes "Dirty Money". I was startled by what was happening with organised crime ten years ago. What jolted me was that we as a nation could not agree on how to deal with the problem until the murder of Veronica Guerin.

I believe we are in a similar crisis now. Do we have to wait for another crisis to occur involving organised crime? This is not just about organised crime. We must question what we must do to tackle such events, including the recent killings of two young Polish men in Drimnagh. I am sure all sides in society and both sides of the House are united on this issue. However, in 1997 we were only jolted into tackling this problem together when Veronica Guerin was killed. We must see this as a wake-up call so we do not wait until the crime situation gets even worse.