Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

In a general sense, what I can say is that the levels of co-operation are excellent. There is regular exchanging of intelligence and information in respect of both hard and soft intelligence. A number of structures are in place to do this and my colleagues and I, at all the various levels, maintain regular contact. This happens all the way down through the organisation, right down to a tactical level both north and south of the Border. The respective commanders in the Border counties meet regularly and, for example, our automated number plate technology is used regularly and there are regular updates north and south of the Border every 15 minutes. Consequently, there are excellent levels of exchange of information and intelligence.