Mr. Liam Kidd:

The email system in An Garda Síochána was introduced in 2008 or 2009 and has been developed and progressed since then. My understanding of the original policy, which would have come from my section, was that no Garda business should be dealt with through commercial organisations. We do need to use a commercial email account for configuring some technological aspects. Since the question of the Commissioner's email arose the policy on when commercial email accounts can or cannot be used could be misconstrued. We are hardening the policy now and taking legal advice on that and it should be published in the next week or so.