Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have established the criteria, which is fine. The witness verified, following my question, that a process is being followed. There is documentation that is all date stamped. It will not be recreated but is all there. Obviously, it came through the process to the Commissioner and the decision was made. I presume that in the case of Dublin the Assistant Garda Commissioner, Pat Leahy, was fully consulted on this issue. Given gangland crime and the like, I would have presumed that Fitzgibbon Street would have been a bigger priority than leafy Stepaside. That said, if that is the decision based on the data that was given and which came through the process all the way up through the Assistant Garda Commissioners, that is fine. I presume all of these people were consulted and agreed to this process and the decision that was made.