Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

As I mentioned, Deputy Commissioner Twomey is chairing the committee to investigate this. Gurchand Singh, the head of the Garda analysis service, works very closely with the CSO in this regard. He sits on a working group with the CSO.

We are extremely anxious. As the Deputy rightly said, the Garda is engaged in evidence-based and intelligence-led policing so the statistics it produces need to be accurate. This matter is very important. I have tasked the deputy commissioner in charge of operations with ensuring that we review all data we have produced. I hope the involvement of the CSO gives some confidence to the public. However, we do not take that for granted. We must ensure that the reliability and validity of our data is flawless.