Mr. Liam Kidd:

I would not say we are fully reliant on Accenture. We have put Accenture into places where we also have Garda resources and this is certainly the case in strategic areas where we need full-time resources and to fully understand what is happening. The ICT helpdesk, for example, runs the day-to-day operation of the systems and many companies could do that. The key issue for An Garda Síochána when bringing in other organisations is to make sure we have security clearance for all the personnel, which means there is a lead time of about three months.