Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

We have had a number of meetings with the CSO. A high level group is reviewing the crime counting rules and the classification of crimes. It is important to emphasise that this not peculiar to An Garda Síochána. Recently her Majesty's government inspectorate carried out a study of the 43 police forces in the United Kingdom in which similar issues were identified. Nevertheless, the Garda analysis service is working with the CSO on the crime counting rules and the classification of crimes. We have also set up a data review team in the Garda information service centre in Castlebar. It is a pilot project as part of which all crimes are reported and classified.