Mr. John O'Driscoll:

Each investigation, obviously, has to be taken in isolation. They vary greatly. Some may result in success in bringing about an end to the activity much quicker than others, but the expertise of the national units is available to members of An Garda Síochána at a local level and the intervention with the private companies involved can be facilitated through the expertise at national level. However, we can only bring about a scenario that is permitted by law. We can only force companies to do that which we are lawfully entitled to demand of them. This is an area where the legislation needs to be monitored on an ongoing basis to make sure it is robust enough to achieve the aims we all desire in preventing the activity involved.