Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

In response to a recommendation contained in the inspectorate's report, which recommended that a deputy commissioner of governance and strategy would be appointed, we were implementing as part of our reform programme all 1,084 recommendations of all 11 of the Garda Inspectorate's reports. Part of that was implementing structural change which had been recommended. A key element of that structural change was to appoint a deputy commissioner for governance and strategy and to appoint an assistant commissioner with responsibility for governance. In the realignment of our structures, which happens in every single organisation, there was a realignment of portfolios and those positions were identified as being necessary, A, to implement the inspectorate's reports and, B, to strengthen the governance arrangements that we are speaking about today.