Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for coming before the committee. I acknowledge and commend the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau on the excellent work it does. We are here to discuss authorised push payment fraud but the ambit of the GNECB extends to the whole area of white-collar crime. I am aware of all the successful convictions that have taken place as a result of the excellent work it does. It is important to state that.

The Garda can be a bit like lawyers, in a way - it only gets involved when something has gone wrong. It is called in when a crime or fraud has been perpetrated.