Mr. Joseph Nugent:

I will take that question. There have been ongoing, frequent and regular discussions between the organisation and the Central Statistics Office, CSO, on these issues. We are very conscious of the need to provide public confidence regarding these figures. It is critically important to everything we do. Trust is huge for us. Next month, we will appoint a chief data officer who will be responsible for driving through the quality changes that have been recommended. We have not been sitting and waiting for this individual to arrive. An individual with international experience in this area has been working with the Garda, working on our systems and recommending how best to go about making the changes that are needed. Those changes are being delivered.

I would not like to say that this will happen overnight. A body of work is needed here. While there is no particularly significant problem in this area, a great deal of work must be done to provide the sort of robust processes that one would want from this area. We are committed to making the change. The permanent allocation of an individual who will have responsibility in this area will be of great assistance. Equally, the experience of the international person who has been with us for almost a year has helped us to make progress with this matter.