Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly commissioner carried out an extensive examination of cross-Border crime over the course of a year. The commissioner met senior police officers in An Garda Síochána and the PSNI, the various local authorities and a range of agencies across the Border. It was an excellent report. One of its 16 key recommendations was the establishment of a cross-Border task force to tackle criminality, to be made up of representatives of An Garda Síochána, the PSNI and the two revenue organisations on the island. I am fully aware that there is solid co-operation between An Garda Síochána and the PSNI, on which issue a policing conference was held recently. Does the Commissioner support in principle the proposal for the establishment of a cross-Border task force?