Ms Fíona Ní Chinnéide:

I absolutely understand Deputy Brophy's position completely. Our overarching call, which we stated at the outset, is that we are happy as long as it is grounded in evidence, research and data that it is the most effective way of addressing a particular crime and reducing crime, but unfortunately what we get an awful lot is knee-jerk responses that are not based in evidence. A commitment to evidence and data in the first instance and an obligation on criminal justice agencies to collate and publish the data would probably resolve the difference of opinion.