James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I note what Mr. Mullen said at the outset and I appreciate that he curtailed his remarks for time purposes. I reassure him and all the witnesses that they will have an opportunity to intervene during our discussions. We have the written submission on file and it will be part of the deliberations as well. I thank Mr. Mullen for his brevity in the opening statement because we have found it more productive to get everybody through them quickly and have a good chat rather than the other way around.

Our next speaker is a detective superintendent, Mr. Michael Comyns, general secretary of the Association of Garda Superintendents.