Mr. Mark Toland:

In our submission we have said that we would like to look at really high risk areas such as human rights. Some of this might involve turning up and doing on-the-spot inspections. We would like the facility to be able to go to a Garda station unannounced to do checks, to get a reality check and a real life check. We can see the sense of doing this in the future. We would like to do more of that. We want to do what it says on the tin, namely, inspect. We are an inspectorate and we see it as our function to do that. The Garda Síochána Inspectorate needs its independence to do that. It is a small organisation and we believe we can produce work much quicker if it is more focused and bespoke. We can do more work, but some of the reports we have done recently have been on enormous topics and thematic reviews. We want to go back now and add value. We have a responsibility to help An Garda Síochána to implement recommendations. We do not want to just hand over a report and recommendations. We want to work with An Garda Síochána to try to make sure its members fully understand the recommendations and we want to help An Garda Síochána to implement them.