Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

Yes. On another issue that may not have been covered, as well as the contingencies, my colleague, Deputy Commissioner Ó Cualáin, is the liaison person with the Policing Authority. If it is helpful for the committee and it wants a high-level overview of the programme of work we are undertaking with the Policing Authority, it might be useful for him to give a flavour of that.

In terms of the proposed industrial action, as the committee is aware, there are mechanisms with which all staff associations are engaged. As Commissioner and with all the policing and security challenges we have, I would not like to see anything happen that would do anything to disrupt the policing service or in any way compromise our protection of communities.

We are very focused at the moment on ensuring that people are encouraged and stay engaged with existing processes. We await the outcome of them and I am confident they will bring a suitable resolution.

Would the Chairman like my colleague, Mr. Ó Cualáin, to comment?