Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses were previously questioned around the make-up of the investigation. Deputy Commissioner Twomey put a rough figure on it. I want to extrapolate this a little bit. I appreciate that he does not have the exact figure and that he will come back to the committee on that. Could we put into brackets the numbers of individuals across the State who are working on this? The deputy commissioner mentions between five or six and ten people, with additional personnel being brought in to support. Would he estimate that it is fewer than 20 or more than 20 individuals; are they all sworn members of An Garda Síochána or are they also professionals within the force?