Mr. Keith Walsh:

Could I maybe just give a little more background to this? The Department and An Garda Síochána have exchanged data for many years. Earlier this year, we carried out a review of that. What we found was that we had 15 different data exchanges going from the NVDF database to An Garda Síochána. Some were happening daily, some weekly and some fortnightly. We have worked very closely with colleagues in An Gardá Síochána over the past few months. It has been confirmed in the new MOU that has been signed. We have put all of that data on a new platform. It is exchanged on a nightly basis. This has only happened in the past few weeks. It is my understanding that this is how An Garda Síochána normally rolls out new data sources or new information. That is being made available to the mobility app through a testing group. Those people are giving feedback to the Department on the data, and we are addressing this feedback. The data-sharing agreement is in place and the data is in place. It is then a matter for An Garda Síochána to manage how that is provided to front-line gardaí.