My colleague, Senator Mary White, mentioned the increased number of burglaries in the past year. Each and every part of the country has witnessed that. Only last weekend a young man who opens and closes a church on the Cooley Peninsula was at the church to close it at 9.10 p.m. in his new jeep. It takes him a couple of minutes to close the church. When he came out the jeep was gone. The problem is the quick access to Northern Ireland because within five or six minutes anyone committing a burglary on the Cooley Peninsula or in my home town of Carlingford can be in a different jurisdiction. I call for an increase in the number of gardaí in Border counties in particular because of the number of access points to Northern Ireland.

We need more gardaí all around the country.

Senator Paul Coghlan mentioned 34 crossings in my county alone. I did not think anybody else knew that but he has been working very hard in the Border counties in recent months. It is impossible to patrol 34 crossings but a greater Garda presence would help.

My town of Carlingford is thankfully becoming the tourism capital of the country. I say that with all due respect to Killarney, Westport and Kilkenny. The population of the town increases threefold with discerning visitors from Friday to Monday. We need a greater Garda presence in the town. I am delighted so many thousands are coming to visit at the weekends. I call on the Leader to appeal to the Minister to ensure more gardaí are deployed in Carlingford, and in Border towns such as Castleblaney and Cavan which have access to Northern Ireland. We need a greater Garda presence.