Ms Anne Marie McMahon:

One of the key lessons learned for An Garda Síochána has been on community engagement and the value that people around the country in every community place on our engagement with them and their engagement with us. We are in the process of developing our next three-year strategy and our community policing framework will be at the centre of that. We always knew the importance of community policing, but the last six months have really emphasised it in a visceral and obvious way. That would be one learning.

In terms of our response to the vulnerable-----