Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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The Minister will not be surprised to hear that I welcome the overspend as the Garda Inspectorate recommended significantly increased investment in ICT. In fact, it wants to have the PULSE system replaced. I know that will not happen immediately, but I hope it will in due course.

Will the Minister outline in more detail the things in which the Department is investing? The computer crime unit is essential because the dark net, an issue I have raised with the Minister previously, poses a real threat to our security. Persons can avail of anonymity to view images of children being abused and so on, which is repugnant to everyone in society. We want An Garda Síochána to have state-of-the-art equipment to decipher, break down and tackle criminality.