Mr. Martin Callinan:

Let me do that now. If any member of An Garda Síochána, of any rank, feels there is an issue of impropriety, malpractice or corruption or another issue the Deputy wishes to name, he or she is perfectly entitled to report it, either through his or her authorities or via the confidential recipient route. That is my clear position. What I am saying is that if one has an issue, one should report it before going on the PULSE system, trawling records, pulling them off and handing them over. Let us face it: we all have responsibilities when we see wrongdoing. Every member of An Garda Síochána is obligated to report any form of wrongdoing through the relevant channels or deal with it in whatever way he or she believes is best. In this instance, if one is trawling through a policing system looking for matters that one feels are not right and produces them elsewhere, it is fundamentally wrong.