In the local and national news this morning, we heard about the deplorable attacks on Mr. Kevin Lunney, the director of Quinn Industrial Holdings. This is the most recent in a spate of attacks on the staff working there. We have seen bombs planted in Wattle Bridge and Cavan and Monaghan are under severe pressure from this type of criminality. In light of the recent announcement by the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Drew Harris, on the realignment of Cavan, Monaghan and Louth, can the Taoiseach assure me that gardaí will have the proper resources to deal with this type of attack and to bring an end to it?

As the Deputy will be aware, the resourcing and organisation of the Garda are a matter for the Garda Commissioner. When he was appointed the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, and I gave him a commitment that we would support him in making the changes to the organisation of the Garda force he felt were necessary. We fully support him in the work he is doing. The plan he has is about making sure there are more resources on the front line, fewer chiefs but many more policemen and policewomen on the ground. There will be an extra 2,000 on the front line over the course of the next two years as a result of the reforms he is making, and because he is taking out management layers and duplication. I hope everyone in the House will support the reforms which he is driving through.