Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

There has been lots of commentary and some of it very fair and just, and very right about the culture of An Garda Síochána. There are many positives in the culture of An Garda Síochána. In many ways it is different, but when it comes to financial management procedures, public finances and transparency and accountability and in particular democratic accountability, let us be under no illusion, we are absolutely committed to engaging in democratic accountability to its full extent. That includes the architectural oversight that has been put in place. We remain committed to that as an executive. We remain committed to that not just as an organisation, there is an important distinction to be made here, we pride ourselves on our profession. This is not about An Garda Síochána as an organisation, this is about a profession of policing. An Garda Síochána is the professional policing service to protect the Irish citizens and the Irish public. In doing that we must engage to satisfy public confidence in the democratic accountability of the force.