Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

I thank the Deputy for his condolences. I will certainly pass them on to our members and to Garda Golden's family.

Gangland crime is a very serious issue and as I said in my opening address, we treat it with the utmost seriousness. We have recently amalgamated our drugs and organised crime bureau because of a lot of gangland activity and the intimidation to which the Deputy referred is drugs related. I will ask the deputy commissioner to speak about gangland crime in Dublin, in particular. Our work in this area is very much intelligence led and a lot of prosecutions have been taken. A lot of the investigations are very complex and can take some time, as the Deputy will appreciate. We have a good track record in terms of solving gangland crime. It may take some time and the cases may not be solved in the immediate term but there have been a lot of very significant prosecutions. Again, I can revert to the Deputy at a later date with more detail.