Ms Helen Dixon:

We are both correct. The inquiries we are conducting into the local authorities commenced as audits and the provisions in section 136 of the legislation allow us to use the findings of the audit and inquiry. It is ultimately in the form of an investigation but involved an audit element. It is probably a technicality that we do not need to dwell on. Those investigations in respect of the local authorities are in relation to what we call surveillance technologies. We are looking at CCTV systems, automatic number plate recognition systems and any drones or body-worn cameras that are being deployed by the local authorities, and looking at whether they are in compliance with the data protection legislation and the Garda Síochána Act if required, in particular section 38 of that Act.