Mr. John O'Mahoney:

As the Deputy can imagine, we were given a specific task and timeframe to examine the allegations that were made. We decided for comparative purposes that we would look outside of the allegations that were made by the persons who made them. We decided to look at 1% of cases. We divided the 672 cases between all the district headquarters around the country, other than some of the districts that were already dealt with as part of the allegations. Every one in 16 was picked at random. To answer the Deputy's question as to whether we asked people specifically what they thought of the system, the answer is "No".