Ms Maura Butler:

As Deputy Corcoran Kennedy knows, that announcement was made post the request for submissions and therefore we chose not to go into any particular detail. However, we have suggested that there ought to be a substantial lay membership. I concur with views made earlier on having civic society voices involved. That would be significant in the context of healing the sores that have been open and the difficulties that some gardaí have at the moment with the drip-drip effect to which Deputy Farrell referred. It would help to have an authority inclusive of all society for the purposes of policing our citizens and for it to be as open, holistic and broad as possible. That would go a long way to bridging from where we are now to where we will be, hopefully, in future, if that is helpful.