Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

I absolutely accept Deputy Farrell's point. We are doing our very best to ensure that the provision of information becomes much smoother, not just to the Policing Authority, also to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and to the Garda Síochána Inspectorate. Now that we have secured the commitment to allow us to employ some civilian members it will be very helpful as it will allow us to put the administrative structures in place to ensure that smooth transition of information. Some of that administration, to be frank, is complete work overload and we are expecting people to do a lot of things. There is an importance to that work and a seriousness in actually providing information. In between our authority meetings there are a number of committee meetings each of which the people at this table attends. There is a two-way flow of information. Reference was made earlier to not just waiting to write and those interactions and meetings are very useful.