Dr. Shawna Coxon:

I thank the Deputy for using the word "reprehensible" in relation to those who have attempted to, and at times have, injured gardaí which we have seen across the country. I will ask Deputy Commissioner Willis to speak on the Dublin experience in a moment because I know she shared with the committee the increase in training specifically in that area. When someone is not seen to be arrested in the moment it can look like the gardaí have done nothing but it is really important to realise that this could not be further from the truth. We often make arrests after the fact. Someone at the scene who has done something may think they have got away with it but that is not the case. It is important to know that they might leave the scene and be arrested around the corner. They could be arrested a week or a month later. These are not things we have let go.

On whether we have learned from our tactics, I will ask Deputy Commissioner Willis to speak about Dublin because so much has been done on that area specifically.