Bhí cuid mhaith Seanadóirí, Teachtaí Dála agus Airí inné ag déanamh gaisce as an bplean jabanna atá fógraithe ag an Rialtas.

The Government's plan on job creation which was announced yesterday seems to be a question of reheating the chicken, when one delves into the detail. The targets therein were supposed to have been delivered on and the plan itself was supposed to have been delivered over a year ago. We are seeing a trial run, in a limited area, of the jobs plan which probably will not be finished by the time the Government has been put out of office - I hope. It is another instance of plenty of spin but very little action. I also note that 7,550 older unemployed people were left out of the unemployment figures released by the Government which shows that these figures are being massaged too.

I add my words of congratulations to the members of An Garda Síochána in Galway on the way they acted yesterday morning. They were very brave and swift. However, I take issue with the tone of Senator Terry Leyden's comments and feel that they are bordering on racist. Perhaps the Senator might consider having them struck off the record of the House. A criminal is a criminal, no matter where he or she comes from.

They were eastern European criminals. That is what is reported in the newspaper.