Ms Noirín O'Sullivan:

That is a very important point. As I have said, we must be accountable to national bodies but equally it is extremely important that we must be accountable to the communities we serve. The joint policing committees and the local policing fora have been instrumental all over the country in terms of identifying local issues and using a joint problem-solving approach to actually solve the problems. That should continue and be strengthened in the new Act. It is how we provide a responsive policing service to all of our communities. It is important to have inclusive representation from all aspects of the committees but, as Deputy Collins says, without becoming over wieldy or too large.