Mr. John Twomey:

I will explain the system that was in place at the final stage. The schedule was added in advance of the tour of duty and the process that applied was that the checkpoints would be cancelled after the duty. While I am not sure of the exact figure, between 30% and 35% of checkpoints are cancelled. We have acknowledged and accepted that the processes in place and the governance around these processes need to be improved. We have endeavoured to take lessons from this to ensure these issues will not arise again. Assistant Commissioners Finn and O'Sullivan have highlighted the processes we have put in place to learn lessons from the past and try to ensure that this will not happen again. In all our appearances before the committee, we have acknowledged the failings and weaknesses in a myriad of different areas. We have put in place processes to ensure we address these issues in the future.