Mr. Paul Cleary:

In November 2014, when the Garda Inspectorate raised this in the report, we did not have that level of detail available to us. It was only after the GPSU conducted its inquiry and came up with the figure of 22,174 that my team was assigned to carry out an in-depth examination of it. At that stage, we liaised with the DPP. We have met officials from the DPP's office on a number of occasions.