Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

Absolutely, and part of that is the deployment of new resources. More importantly, part of it is a number of the initiatives we have in place, particularly public safety initiatives such as Operation Thor.

We can provide for the committee, if the Chairman wishes, details of the successes of Operation Thor since it was implemented and the high visibility for which it provides to make sure we provide that reassurance for the community. One crime is one too many, but, unfortunately, as I said, we live in a society in which crime is a reality, as it is in all societies. However, we strive to reduce it as much as we possibly can.