Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I want to move on to another issue. I saw an article in one of the tabloids today, namely, The Mirror, the photograph accompanying which showed gardaí on patrol in Disneyland in Paris. I understand there can be deployments, and very understandably so, where there is international co-operation. Would the Department be asked for sanction for this or is it entirely up to the Garda Commissioner to decide where resources are deployed? There are obviously issues if gardaí are doing general policing in another jurisdiction.