Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that.

As we are at the stage of the meeting where a lot of the questions have been asked, I intend to be brief. It has been suggested some of the difficulty that arose in these instances was due to the fact that there was, at one point, a centralised system in which all of the names of the relevant young people and juveniles were kept. I accept that that system was replaced for potentially good reasons by one which required dialogue between the juvenile liaison officer and the arresting officer, who potentially was dealing with any number of cases, involving both juveniles and adults. The requirement for constant feedback meant that a significant number of cases fell through the gaps. I have seen this reported. What is the view of the Commissioner and his colleagues on this being a contributing factor to the overall numbers? I would like to hear the Commissioner's view on how it should be dealt with.