I welcome the announcement this morning that the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has expressed support for the Government position on the relaxation of spending controls. This will come as a welcome boost to the Government's campaign to lobby the European Commission to ensure the spending limits will be lifted to some extent. I note the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's position that the current spending limits set by the European Union are far more constraining than required due to the averaging out over the ten year period. This is very welcome news. I heard the chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council say this morning that he thought there should be a positive reception at the European Union for the Government's lobbying campaign and the good news on that matter coincides with the figures published today on unemployment showing that unemployment had reduced to 10% for the first time since early 2009 and that 90,000 jobs had been created since the Government's Action Plan for Jobs in 2012. Many of us have asked the Leader for debates on job creation and unemployment. We might have a debate on that again in due course because it is a good news story that needs to be highlighted. We need to speak about it again, particularly after the Government's economic statement scheduled for the end of this month.

I ask for a debate also on policing in the light of the welcome announcement today by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, that the Minister for Public and Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, has sanctioned the recruitment of 250 new recruits to the Garda. I listened to Senator Darragh O'Brien speak on that issue, but it is worth noting the welcome increase in Garda recruits. There are 300 new recruits-----

Badly needed.

-----since last September and 250 additional recruits have been announced. The Minister is addressing the AGSI conference today, but this is very positive. It is welcome also to see the positive reporting, particularly in the wake of the murder trial last week and the excellent policing practice that goes on in this country. At the domestic violence conference I spoke about earlier this week, there was also a recognition and acknowledgement of the excellent practices going on in some quarters in the Garda on policing of domestic violence.

I remind colleagues that we have a Labour Private Members' motion tonight on integration with the Minister of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. It commends the Minister for the work he has done to date with new communities and in particular highlighting last week's inaugural PolskaÉire Festival 2015, which was hugely successful. As there will be people from that festival in the Visitors Gallery, I hope colleagues will participate.