Dr. Gurchand Singh:

Not having a networked PULSE machine should not stop anyone recording a crime because 90% of our crimes are recorded through our centre in Castlebar. At the incident the policy is that the garda uses a terrestrial trunked radio, TETRA, radio handset and rings into Garda information services centre, GISC, in Castlebar where it is recorded. There is a central facility that records all the incidents. To record a crime is not dependent on having a PULSE computer, otherwise numerous gardaí would be tied up entering incidents. GISC was introduced to alleviate that.