Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Following up on the question of the PULSE system and the inadequacies and so on, I would see the PULSE system, in one sense, as the bible or foundation stone of the Garda Síochána. Arising from that, will the witnesses comment on a problem we seem to have in Ireland for some time, namely, the amount of crime committed by people out on bail? How can the PULSE system track this? Inevitably, most weeks, in some newspaper, we read of what are sometimes horrific crimes committed by people who are out on bail awaiting trial. These are serious crimes which are being committed, whether it is drug issues, instances of murder or intimidation and so on.

Do we need a new PULSE system which is ultra modern? How can we ensure the PULSE system, with a 30% fault line, can be improved? If there is a 30% fault line, that trickles down the whole line as far as I am concerned.