Dr. Shawna Coxon:

I thank the Senator. I hope I get to all her questions. I do not have the Galway numbers in front of me but we sent 18 of the new recruits from the most recent class to the north-west region. That was something I was asked for by those in the region. They wanted more new recruits coming out of Templemore, which happened, along with three transfers. A total of 21 gardaí went to the north-west region.

With respect to child exploitation, the Senator is absolutely right that we do not have enough people. One of the what we call flow-throughs, or people who got moved to national units on foot of this class graduating on Friday, went into that unit. It is part of a broader uplift because we know that we have capacity issues there.

I will not address the Senator's last question because of time, but I appreciate what she said with respect to feuds and the impact on children. I could not agree with her more. We work with partners such as Tusla to see what we can do, but that is obviously most effective when children feel safe. We have seen this in a couple of instances throughout the country. It is certainly something we are aware of and doing as much as we can on.