Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

The statistics show that burglaries in rural areas are down and that there is an increase in burglaries in urban areas. However, statistics are not really helpful sometimes. It is about focusing on the victims of crime, because any victim of a burglary is a victim too many. We have launched Thor, which is a multi-strand approach to targeting crime in urban and rural areas in terms of respect of engagement, visibility, community and making sure people are out there. Mr. Ó Cualáin mentioned earlier that it is not just about having high-powered cars to deny criminals the use of the motorways. We have also invested significantly in mountain bikes, particularly for urban and more densely populated areas, to have gardaí visible and engaged with those communities. The deputy commissioner responsible for operations can talk more about the specific details.