Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for the CCPC on the digital investigation unit, which Ms Goggin said is newly established and has a small number of staff. The issue of resourcing has been raised already by Deputy O'Reilly. Does Ms Goggin have any thoughts about ensuring that staff have adequate proficiency in languages and the IT specialisation required for working in that sector? Perhaps recruiting those with hacking skills may be the way to go when trying to monitor IT.

I am also wondering about the cross-European co-ordination that Ms Goggins spoke about, considering that many conspiracies are inter-country in nature. In the US, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO legislation, was introduced to tackle narcotics. Could a kind of RICO law be introduced to cover this area, so that rather than just getting the satellite companies of group companies, the holding companies and directors could be targeted and sanctioned in the cases of significant breaches such as bid rigging or price-fixing?