Mr. Brian Molloy:

One of the pieces from the commission report was on the metrics and moving to smart metrics rather than simply judging on the basis of the number of patrol days. There has been work done on managing and setting the smart metrics to be used to measure within the Naval Service. They were agreed and I can provide the Deputy with further details subsequently. There has been agreement with regard to the use of smart metrics in that space as part of the recommendations of the Commission on the Defence Forces. Rather than just counting the number of days and then checking to see the next number of days, the metrics actually make sense and provide a better and more realistic measure of the effectiveness of the patrols that are out there.