Ms Paula Hilman:

Many people come into the office on a Tuesday. The Commissioner spoke about the times of the day. From looking at the data, we know that the most dangerous times on bank holiday weekends are between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday and then on the Monday because people are travelling. The exception is August, when it stretches into Tuesday. This is the sort of work we do as regards bank holidays, namely, understanding and using the data to enable us to focus on where we should place gardaí and our operations. We give them that data when we are planning for bank holiday weekends.