Mr. Drew Harris:

That issue was raised in the public session of a meeting with the Policing Authority. I would point to the PULSE 6.8 and 7.3 systems. The PULSE changes were made in response to an inspectorate report into investigation in 2014. The changes and updates recommended by the inspectorate also had the impact of improving our performance around juvenile referrals. As of this moment, through PULSE but now also in this year and next the introduction of an investigation management system, we have a far more thorough and complete understanding of the investigations that are coming into the organisation, both proactive and reactive, and how they are to be advanced, whether adult or juvenile. We have asked our professional standards unit to look at this matter. We will report to the Policing Authority, which is obviously at liberty to ask the inspectorate to revisit this area. As of this moment, we are putting faith in the PULSE system and the PULSE updates in respect of how offenders, both juvenile and adult, are being dealt with by An Garda Síochána.