Mr. Niall Twomey:

Drone technology is a fantastic resource when it comes to missing person searches. The drones also have thermal imaging capability, which means we can carry out night searches. Drones are at the disposal of 21 of the 28 national units and that is an outstanding search tool to be able to bring to the operation when we get a request from An Garda Síochána to assist with a missing person search.