Mr. Mark Toland:

It is the total, we have done 11 reports and made 574 recommendations. Crime Investigation was perhaps the most detailed and comprehensive inspection we have ever embarked on. It examined what happens from the time a member of the public walks into a Garda station to what happens when the case goes to court. It was in effect 11 previous inspectorate reports done at one time. It is an enormous piece of work and that is why there are 212 recommendations. In that report we referred to previous reports, asking why this was not done in 2007 or 2009 and we find that frustrating. The current Commissioner now has the challenge of going back, not just with our reports but other Government sponsored reports to try to come up with a plan to address recommendations that go back six or ten years. It has to now decide what is current or valid. Had our recommendations been implemented many of the problems we face today would not still be here.