Dr. Gurchand Singh:

Like any large organisation, An Garda Síochána is not a coherent whole. Gardaí will argue with each other, civilians will argue with each other and civilians and gardaí will argue with each other. However, the people who work in my service have had an excellent working relationship with operational officers in terms of bringing forward cases, investigations and developing operational work. Externally, people have pointed to the Garda Síochána analysis service as a great example of civilianisation because it provides a unique function in supporting operational gardaí like Colm Fox, whose funeral I would have loved to have been at today.

We have a very good connection with the operational side.