Michael Mullins (Fine Gael)

I support my colleague, Senator Paul Bradford, in his call for a debate on the reform agenda. People have a legitimate expectation following the general election. They are getting impatient and want to see progress.

The issue raised by Senators Keane and Mary Ann O'Brien, on the rehiring of public servants is worrying. We need to hear the rationale behind it. We all know that the plan by the previous Government to reduce public service numbers was ill conceived, ill thought out and not targeted properly. We must tease out those issues with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, to see how things are processing.

On a more parochial level, I ask the Deputy Leader to liaise with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Minister for the Justice and Equality to ensure that the illegal development at Eyre Square, Galway, is removed, as a matter of urgency.