Mr. Cormac Ó Donnchú:

We have done some serious practical work on community gardaí and trying to build relationships directly on the ground. We are producing an interactive map across our partnership to name the community gardaí to try to build that relationship at a grassroots level. The Deputy raised three particular issues around addressing the issue. The first is resources, then there are transfers and the longevity of individuals to build relationships. There is quite a lot of transfer of individuals within the force which is also somewhat down to resources. The third issue is the perception internally in An Garda Síochána of the role of community police. That is an issue that we think some work might need to be done around.