It will be hard to follow that. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell has done well.

I would like to be associated with all the remarks made by my colleagues on Senator Jimmy Harte. I did not know him that well until I was elected to this House and he became a very good friend and a very good colleague to work with. I wish him all the best in the future. He is a big loss to this House.

The big thing in the media during summer 2015 was rural crime. I welcome the publication by the Minister for Justice and Equality later in 2015 of the Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015. There should be a debate in this House not only on this Bill but also on rural life in general. I welcome the announcement today of €30 million for village and town renewals. This will spearhead a recovery in rural Ireland where much of rural Ireland has been left behind. The Criminal Justice Bill we are discussing deals with bail laws and people who commit crimes while on bail. I have raised this issue in the House before and the situation has to be looked at. People who received concurrent sentences knew that they faced a concurrent sentence, no matter how many crimes they had committed. It is important that consecutive sentences are included in the Bill. We are the people who make the laws of this country, but we are not the ones who implement them. They are implemented by the Garda. I welcome the reopening of the college in Templemore where 250 gardaí passed out this year, with 500 more this year. I think the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Commissioner will make sure they are allocated to rural Ireland to ensure rural crime will stop. There has been hypocrisy from Fianna Fáil on the closing of rural Garda stations. A garda in a rural Garda station will not stop rural crime in the middle of the night.

Does the Senator have a question for the Leader?

I have asked the Leader a question on rural crime and will continue with it.

The Senator should be careful or Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell will have a go at him.

The people in question are highly organised and coming at night time; therefore, it is important that sentencing be a deterrent. That is the purpose of the Bill.

The Senator is over time.

I want to finish. We have all been victims of crime. I have had diesel stolen three or four times and have had tools stolen, but I only reported it to the Garda once. There is a great community watch scheme, but people at home have got to take serial numbers. I will finish on this point. Take the serial numbers-----

The Senator is way over time.

These items are appearing at car boot sales.

Gardaí should be inspecting these car boot sales. I, therefore, ask the Leader for a debate on rural life, not just rural crime.