Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

We have dedicated resources focused on gangland and organised criminality, and criminality in all its forms, including that nexus between what the Deputy mentioned earlier, namely, dissident republican activity, and organised criminality. That is something on which we remain completely focused. We have dedicated resources that do that. I am satisfied that the resources we have in place currently are sufficient to do that, but it is something we keep under constant review. We recently amalgamated our drugs and organised crime bureau, which allows us to have a centralised capability.

In terms of our intelligence coverage and capability of these gangs and individuals who would supply firearms or drugs or who would be engaged in the variety of criminal activity that these individuals are engaged in, we are satisfied that that is comprehensive and it has yielded significant successes. As I said at the outset, our drugs and organised crime bureau indicates that this year alone, €40 million worth of drugs and more than 500 firearms in total have been seized by An Garda Síochána. That is indicative of the resource deployment and intelligence we have on these people.