Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. Dr. Coxon stated that an investigation officer is appointed to every incident. She said there does not seem to be evidence of an overarching conspiracy between a number of individuals to whom she referred. Is that the case? There seems to be an ideological connection between a number of individuals in this context.

Is it routine for phones to be seized in an investigation and for what suspects, who may be based in rural areas, are looking at online to be monitored in order to discover their motives and what may be inspiring them to go down this line? We heard earlier from the Hope and Courage Collective that the social media platforms reduced the staff they had monitoring these types of activities. Has there been an increase as a result of those people being made redundant in late 2022? Most of the redundancies were from the trust, safety and integrity teams. Has there been an increase since then? What level of communication does An Garda Síochána have with the social media platforms? The Hope and Courage Collective stated that TikTok is quite good at engaging, but some of the other platforms are not. What is the experience of the Garda in that regard?