Mr. John O'Driscoll:

Having examined all the criteria, yes. However, I have a cautionary paragraph that when I initially looked at Stepaside, crime figures were going up. When I returned to it and analysts provided me with information, I could see the crime figures going down. As the acting Garda Commissioner said, it was critically important that we took on board the views of local management. The local divisional officer, the chief superintendent, recommended to me to choose Stepaside station. The then newly appointed assistant commissioner in Dublin, Pat Leahy, examined the recommendation from his divisional officer. The divisional officer made a recommendation which was examined by his regional assistant commissioner and accepted by him. I then added to it the information received from analysts and I, being the person ultimately to make the recommendation to the Commissioner, also agreed with the recommendation.