Mr. Adrian Cummins:

I will briefly answer the Senator’s question on the extra €10 million that was given. That money was very welcome and we could see increased visibility on the ground afterwards, but let us look at the data. There had been 2,353 assaults in Dublin up to that point, so why did it take a US tourist to get the extra €10 million? If it had not been a US tourist, would we have got that money? I do not believe we would have got another €10 million if it had been someone from Dublin. That it was a US tourist rang alarm bells, given tourism’s value to the economy. If London is at 396 police officers per 100,000 people and Dublin is only at 255, we have a long way to go.

It is down to resources.