Ms Josephine Feehily:

It is a longstanding tradition that we do not comment on policy. We have the powers that we were given by the Oireachtas and we are using them to the best of our ability. There is a really nice provision in our Act which obliges us, at the end of two years, to express a view about our functions and our powers. It is interesting. It is not an option. We will be expressing a view about the functions and powers towards the back-end of the year. We have to consider how that overlaps with the commission on the future of policing, because there is no point in doing two jobs. I can tell the Deputy that we are already aware of some awkwardness in the legislation that could be streamlined, that is for certain. The Secretary General will not be surprised to hear me say that I believe we should have a stronger role in respect of resources. That is something we have discussed already. Those are just some general indications but we will take a view as an authority at the end of the year, in accordance with the Act.