Mr. Doncha O'Sullivan:

As the Secretary General said, part of the profiling and targeting - as an operational matter, that will be determined by the Commissioner - will be of the people who are moving on the vehicles or equipment that are stolen around the country. The Deputy will have seen that one of the people at the launch was the head of the Garda analysis service, Gurchand Singh. The Garda has a very strong analytical service available to it now. As the Secretary General said, they are able to profile the patterns of burglary, and that will then lead to the allocation of resources.

There are other components to the strategy as well. The gardaí are also working with the Probation Service and the Irish Prison Service to look at how people are managed in the community, including people who have a history of offending. That is an important part of the process. Another important part of the process is working with the various community organisations such as Muintir na Tíre. There is a very strong relationship between An Garda Síochána and those organisations.