Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

We are very mindful of what is happening in the international sphere, particularly in respect of international terrorism. This is due not least to the events in Tunisia last week. It is something we monitor closely with our international law enforcement and security partners.

It is important to say that we enjoy a very good relationship with minority communities who, by and large, are very moderate. Nevertheless we must be mindful of what is happening in the international sphere, particularly in terms of the self-radicalisation of individuals over the Internet and the possibility of lone-wolf attacks or trigger events that may happen in this jurisdiction or in other jurisdictions that may impact on us. We monitor that very closely. We have a number of counter-terrorism strategies in place to deal with those issues and we have a number of contingency plans ourselves and with other agencies, and with international security partners. We monitor closely and we have a number of dedicated resources who work on the counter-terrorism and the counter-intelligence areas and we will continue monitoring the situation very closely. It is important to say there is no specific threat in this jurisdiction, but we are mindful of events as they unfold around Europe in particular.