Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

Perhaps an indication is that the number of disclosures received by An Garda Síochána is in single figures. We have put in place two protected disclosures managers, and a system to support people who wish to come forward and raise issues. I am not aware of the comparison with the numbers that have gone to GSOC. Since the legislation changed and individuals can go to GSOC or others we have put in a separate dedicated structure and points of contact with GSOC to ensure that the welfare and the support mechanisms that need to be in place to support individuals who wish to bring their complaints to GSOC are put in place. There is a structure in place to protect the identities of the individuals who wish to make disclosures and to ensure they are afforded every support from a welfare and a work point of view. Those are the systems we have put in place.