Mr. Drew Harris:

There is monitoring. I am sure the members of the committee can understand that I cannot go into the detail of our intelligence work but that also leads to the intelligence product for the purpose of investigation. There have been local investigations but the special detective unit, SDU, has also supported investigations directed towards these individuals. That indicates the seriousness with which we view the particular threat from some of these individuals who are on the far right. Four or five years ago, we recognised the issue that was arising. We could see it across Europe and then sadly and predictably it arrived here as well. This was somewhat influenced during the Covid-19 pandemic by a lot of anti-Government, anti-vaccine sentiment being expressed and that has continued with these far right individuals. As the Deputy says, some are known to us, and well known to us, but others are not so well known. The other thing is that others are then pulled into criminal acts, egged on by these leadership figures.