Tony Mulcahy (Fine Gael)
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I have a question. Are we comfortable that the method of recording the initial crime is what we need in respect of the effect on families? Support groups have come in and received mixed information on this point. The problem starts with the first responders, who do not fill out a standard template. They do not even have a template and have not received training in this area. The PULSE system is not sufficient and I have told the Garda Commissioner that the DASH system which applies in Northern Ireland is what we need here. What are the witnesses' views on that? They pick up people who have fallen out of the system but would it be better if it was done properly in the beginning and they had a profile of the different persons they were going to get and their circumstances from a correctly completed, standard template?