Mr. Drew Harris:

Any public order situation we are involved in is subject to a debrief for learning. I point to the training we have for public order members. There has also been an uplift in equipment, particularly in the aftermath of the riots on 23 November 2023. We have purchased two water cannons and increased the strength of the incapacitant spray, the cannister incapacitant spray issued to public order members in particular. We have introduced command training for those members at chief superintendent rank. That will cascade down through the organisation to superintendents. Inspectors are already trained as public order unit commanders. There has been a huge emphasis on training around public order and interventions. One of the fortunate things for us is that the proof of concept for body-worn cameras is partly based in north-central and south-central Dublin. A lot of this protest activity, therefore, is being caught evidentially on body-worn cameras. That has helped both to diffuse situations and to bring prosecutions.