Mr. Philip McAnenly:

Yes, if I may. I draw the Deputy's attention to the extensive and multiple layers of oversight to which our members are subject. I would argue there are few employees and few professions at large who are subjected to the extensive level of scrutiny to which we are subject. We have our own internal disciplinary regulations and investigations, processes and procedures that flow from a complaint being made. Our members are subjected to civil avenues as well. As we outlined today, GSOC is a very elaborate and sophisticated option that is available. Increasingly, our members are being subjected to another distasteful form of scrutiny by members of the public, that is, mobile phone video recording of their performance which is then posted on various public social media platforms and oftentimes takes quite a filtered and unbalanced approach to what is posted. I would not accept for one moment that regulation is light in regard to the way our members are managed and supervised.

My view is members of the public would have a high level of confidence in how our members perform. That has been repeatedly borne out in many surveys and examinations canvassing the public view as to how they view members of An Garda Síochána's performance.