Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a good point on the recommendations about training. I will ask the Garda Commissioner to see how many of the recommendations on training could be incorporated immediately. The Garda Inspectorate report contains short, medium and longer-term recommendations. We could certainly incorporate some of the short-term recommendations

Cybercrime and the Darknet form a major issue. The Garda is very conscious of the issue and is improving its skill base. The kind of encryption that is possible for those using it can be extraordinarily difficult for police forces to deal with, as I heard when I attended the child sexual abuse online conference in Washington. Today in Dublin we are hosting the international conference on pharmaceutical crime, another area in which the Darknet is being used, in addition to drugs, crime and child sexual abuse. That gives rise to the importance of training on cybercrime and the importance of CEPOL.