Mr. Noel Waters:

I spoke to the Commissioner about this matter some time ago. As the Deputy will be aware, she is conscious of speaking to local communities and has picked up strongly that there would be positive support for this in the sense of people in communities getting back to the old model of policing where everybody knew who their police person was. Obviously, there are resource constraints. However, they are reviewing that programme to see what can be done with it, subject to the resource requirements associated with it. The Garda Commissioner is reviewing that and perhaps it is something the committee may wish to take up with her when she is before the committee.