Mr. Mark Toland:

A feature of the report is that we think many of the recommendations should have been implemented previously and that it could be done quickly. We give examples of gardaí in administration in divisions and districts. A total of 259 gardaí are sitting in divisional or district administration units. We recommended 12 months ago that a divisional administration unit should be created. As Mr. Olson said, 75% of the recommendations could be implemented without cost. Some of them are policies that are drafted but have not been published. Many recommendations could be implemented quickly and having attended public meetings, the public wants more gardaí on the street today rather than in a year's time or in the long term. We have focused on more gardaí on patrol and the aim of the report is to get them out of non-operational roles. Sometimes they will have to be replaced but not always and there are opportunities to free up personnel quickly.