Mr. Martin Callinan:

I thank the Deputy for his complimentary remarks.

The issue of resources presents a continuing challenge for us, as the Deputy will be aware. We are trying to beef up all of the units undertaking major investigations. For instance, if we have a major issue such as at Anglo Irish Bank, we draft people in who have previous experience in the area and other investigators to assist in dealing with some of the more mundane aspects of the investigation which need to be attended to. Of course, we would all like to have more resources, but we just do not have that luxury with recruiting the way it is.

There is a huge stream of work being done by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation. This is a particularly complex area, as the Deputy knows. Fraud is extraordinarily complex and it takes an awfully long time to get to the bottom of it. One is in and out of court looking for court orders against companies and so on. All of these things take time. As confidentiality clauses are introduced, it is difficult. However, we are aware that there has been an increase in more recent times and we are doing our best to deal with it.