Mr. Drew Harris:

We are very conscious that we are a national service, and that there are huge demands on policing in the run-in to Christmas. The last time we were here we spoke about road safety, for instance. We have huge responsibility around road safety operations but also the Christmas shopping operations as well, and that is throughout the country. As an organisation, we have to prioritise what we are using our gardaí for. The obvious and absolute priority is around visibility. That is visibility here in Dublin and visibility elsewhere as well.