Mr. Mark Toland:

The Senator may have left the House, but I repeat that I cannot answer questions on behalf of GSOC. I can say that we recently wrote and published a report about trying to prevent internal corruption in An Garda Síochána. One of the things we were pleased to see in that context was a clarification concerning what is “serious harm”. Those are the types of cases that the Commissioner refers on now. One of our recommendations was that sexual offences and abuse of power for sexual gain offences are the sorts of notifications that the Commissioner should make. I cannot comment on the performance issue because that is not within my remit and GSOC will have its own view in that regard. I am sure the Commissioner will also have a view regarding performance issues and how difficult enforcement might be in that context.