Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

Those are comments attributed to members of his Government who came into Government on the crest of zero tolerance. Where is it today? There are cuts in gardaí. There are gardaí in Cork city who have not a car to drive in because it has been taken off the road because it has gone over the threshold of miles. There are gardaí who cannot get the proper equipment because of the cutbacks. How can they do their work, if that is the case, not supported by Government? We have Government who today - I note the silence opposite - go out on the plinth and talk about stags and dogs, but they cannot talk about people. They cannot talk about the people about whom Senator Cummins spoke who are affected by cystic fibrosis. Their silence is deafening. They should be ashamed of themselves.