Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am pleased to hear that. The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland report has been discussed already, to an extent. I have some issues with some of the specific recommendations, especially those relating to the Policing Authority, but I wish to speak to the ability to deliver reform. The Policing Authority has expressed serious concerns that the Garda renewal and modernisation programme is not fit for purpose, and that not only is the pace of reform too slow but that the vehicle set up by the Garda for reform is not delivering. On 9 August it stated:

If the Garda Síochána does not at this juncture pause ... to reconsider in a determined and focused way the end to which its efforts and resources are being directed, as well as what key enablers and levers it needs to achieve that change, then it is the authority's view that a continuation of the current activity and effort, however well-intentioned, will not deliver the fundamental reform envisaged.

Essentially, this questions whether the Garda is properly set up with the vehicle it set out to deliver reform, both in terms of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate reports that are a few years old now and the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland document. Is the Garda Commissioner satisfied with the modernisation and renewal programme and is the Garda capable of delivering the kind of reforms outlined in the report?