Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

Absolutely, yes. I will ask my colleague, Assistant Commissioner Nolan, who has responsibility for the Dublin metropolitan area to comment.

We are very conscious, particularly in the inner city, of the impact of the feuding. The feuding of its nature is not just an inner city problem but is spreading outside the Dublin area. We are very conscious of the impact that has on local communities. Our approach to tacking the feuding has a number of strands, first the preventive strand and I outlined some of that in my opening address, about the interceptions which means that lives are saved. Second is the investigative strand, which means we are investigating the murders and third, the intelligence strand. A key focus is making sure that the engagement and support is there for the communities. Members will have seen the very iconic picture of our hybrid patrols, by necessity we have had to deploy visibly armed gardaí in certain areas to provide the disruptions that were needed. One will see alongside them, we have ordinary uniformed members of the service, whose purpose is to reassure and provide support to the community. If the Chair wishes, my colleague, Assistant Commissioner Nolan will speak about that in detail.