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

The entire question of access using modern technology is a key issue within An Garda Síochána. For example, the rosters and duty hours that gardaí do clearly should be on a human resources system, which would reduce the amount of time spent on administrative duties. This is a major priority on which I will have further discussions with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, because there are serious ICT issues. While one can e-mail Garda stations, there are a lot of security protocols and this issue must be examined. I refer, for example, to the issue we discussed previously of a "track my crime" system and it is clear that if one seeks to have greater contact with one's public, one must be able to do it through these means and I believe the Garda is very conscious of that.