Mr. Michael Finn:

That is our policy. In fact, we have done a lot of work to ensure we classify our incidents properly.

We have a new system where all our incidents are being classified centrally at our Garda information services centre, GISC, in Castlebar. We have rolled this out in two regions, so that if a Garda wanted to create an incident, he goes through one centralised process where we have our staff equipped and trained. We make sure there is consistency across the country. Looking back at the issues relating to our data the challenge for the Garda Síochána is trying to get a level of consistency across the organisation. The new systems will ensure that the quality of our data will be accurate in the future. For example, when Dr. Singh and his team look at the data on domestic violence, they will find that the crimes have been correctly classified from the start. It also ensures the victim of a crime will get the services that he or she should from the State. We have to classify crime correctly from the start and that is the reason we have put in the new process in our call centre in Castlebar. Across the organisation, we are improving the quality of all our data that we put on PULSE, not just in relation to-----