Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

There were many issues, particularly relating to public confidence in the Garda Síochána arising from several of the controversies and crises that had arisen from, for example, issues in regard to fixed charge penalty notices, whistleblowers and the organisation having gone through many very serious issues and challenges. We were dealing with several other issues such as the bugging of GSOC. There were a myriad of issues at the time.