Ms R?is?n Bradley:

What I would say to the Deputy is that we have done some research with other agencies that are quite like us in terms of the use of vehicles, for example, the Garda. This was at the time when we decided we wanted to bring in a telemetric system so that we could monitor each of the vehicles. We asked how the Garda manage vehicle utilisation. They said that the vehicle is a tool and they do not monitor the tool, they monitor the individual performance of the officer.

We do have 205 vehicles, but 31% of our fleet comprises 4X4 crew cabs. These vehicles are utilised for specific heavy-tow operations and off-road protection and development activities. Some 22% are sport utility vehicles, SUVs, for higher ground clearance and all-wheel drives and another 22% are cars and vans, and then we have a number of special types such as tractors, dumper trucks and stuff like that. It is not the case that every employee has a vehicle.