Mr. Drew Harris:

Yes, absolutely. I am very happy to attend meetings of any of the joint policing committees. I have a series of outstanding invitations. It will be a useful opportunity to explain our new divisional policing model and the operating model for An Garda Síochána which will underpin it.

I really want to try to avoid the narrative that we are taking away. We are trying to provide more operational gardaí and a localised, responsive service which is bespoke to the problems of a particular area, while also concentrating on community policing. We are trying to meet a lot of community needs, but, at the same time, I cannot carry the same weight of bureaucracy and management overheads.