Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

I thank the Senator for his question and comments. I will make a broad statement.

In relation to the audit report, I want to make the following very clear to the committee, and obviously the report has been examined in detail. There has not been any criminal aspect identified at this time. I just wanted to be clear on that.

As well as doing traffic enforcement and preventive measures, all of the men and women of An Garda Síochána must deal with very serious threats from crime, organised crime and, indeed, from terrorism. We have to take that in context.

I call on Assistant Commissioner Finn to answer the questions on sequencing.