Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

----- to talk specifically about job creation and not competitiveness? We have no Government policy on job creation; there is no leadership.

I join other speakers in asking for the Minister for Transport to come to the House for two reasons. We need to discuss his comments that he has no money to pay for the roads. He also needs to make a statement to this House on the ongoing dispute in the aviation industry. Industrial relations are at an all-time low here. We need social partnership now more than ever.

Last night in my city, Cork, we had a gangland killing of a person who was killed because of his involvement in the drugs trade. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Minister of State with responsibility for drugs are fast losing the battle, and gangland warfare is becoming part and parcel of everyday life. When it has now reached the streets of Cork, it is time for us to say that enough is enough. The Government is hiding behind the national drugs strategy and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. He needs to give resources to the Garda and stop tying its hands. How many more people are to die before the Government will act? This morning in Cork city there are people in my parish who are afraid and upset by what happened. That is replicated across the country. It must stop and needs Government intervention and action.