Ms Oonagh McPhillips:

We have a performance agreement in place with An Garda Síochána and there are twice-annual - or perhaps quarterly - governance meetings between me and the Garda Commissioner.

Then there are monthly performance meetings with An Garda Síochána and ourselves, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Policing Authority. Those are very exacting performance meetings every month. They assist with where the Garda is at, what is going on and where it needs to get to. I might ask Mr. O'Sullivan to expand on this if it is okay because he oversees the governance side.