Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner

2:00 pm

Mr. John Twomey:

In respect of Thor, we have carried out a temporal analysis of this type of crime. We are using that analysis to deploy our resources in advance of where we think the crime will take place to prevent it. We will be deploying those resources and they will be highly visible with a single objective - to prevent crime from happening in the first instance. That analysis is supported by people who will come in at a later stage in terms of the investigation and operation. So when the Commissioner talks about a multi-strand approach, initially, it is out there to prevent the crime happening in the first instance through a high-visibility uniformed presence, supported by our crime investigations and operations at a later stage.