Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

As I said to Deputy Daly, of course I do. As members of An Garda Síochána we are all responsible and accountable; I am no different in that regard. I am a member of An Garda Síochána, the same as everybody else. There is a statutory and legislative framework in place that can deal with that.

The Senator asked about the processes in place. I outlined earlier that Assistant Commissioner Michael O'Sullivan has been appointed to undertake that process, and it is important that the committee understands that it is a process. His investigation will identify what precisely happened, how it happened and who was responsible, and then the appropriate action will be recommended.