Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for attending. I wish to make two general points. First, I thank the Garda for the work it does in our communities, which is particularly apparent on nights such as last night, Hallowe'en, when many of the people the witnesses represent are working on our streets while others enjoy the night. Second, I thank the person who prepared the material sent to us, particularly the appendices and the two documents from the Commissioner's office. The laying out of the various allowances received by people and how they correlate to total compensation is helpful to our work. The committee has been trying to integrate and bring together the allowance part of the story with the income part. Forwarding us this much material is not easily done and, as such, I thank the witnesses.