Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The difficulty in following Deputy Daly is she has asked all the good questions. I was going to touch on the issues of Brexit and new communities. Brexit is an issue we all feel compelled to ask about because of the uncertainty of it, but equally I understand it is difficult for the witnesses to answer, given the circumstances. It is unfair to plan for Brexit when no one knows the detail or content of it. Are there still additional, strategic plans for the cross-Border policing of the nature that exists already and to build on those? Are there two-year, five-year and ten-year plans regarding existing work and how that work can be built upon regardless of what happens with the fallout of Brexit?

Will Assistant Chief Constable Todd address the significance of the PSNI experience of community policing and engagement with restorative justice projects on the ground locally and what impact they make? I also ask about the localised accountability structures outside policing and community safety partnerships, PCSPs, and statutory bodies. The assistant chief constable would acknowledge that many of the positive examples of good practice he points to are often initiated by communities as opposed to the PSNI or the statutory bodies. What is the significance of that? I will have one or two additional questions.