Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will finish after this question, which concerns the internal memo that was leaked from Assistant Commissioner Leahy. I am just confused. The Select Committee on Justice and Equality discussed this last week with the Minister for Justice and Equality. It sent out the wrong message at the wrong time. Suddenly there was a fear among communities across Dublin that have benefited from overtime and the increased presence on our streets that this would be lost. How was that memo authorised when, surely, senior management would have been aware of the Minister authorising additional overtime and there would have been communications between the Department and An Garda Síochána in this regard? Do the witnesses agree that there needs to be a more careful approach to internal memos when they have the wrong message, when overtime is about to be authorised?