Mr. Peter Whelan:

In 2022, we started a process of an internal examination of how we do our business. We developed strategic priorities so that we could allocate cases at the right level for sign off and closure. We did a business process review. We delegated authority, devolved decision-making, set up a digital forensic unit, trained specialist interviewers and brought in more investigators. The figure of 366 mentioned by the Deputy has been reduced in 2023 to 224. There has been a marked decrease in the time involved, having done that exercise. The figure of 320 in 2022 for disciplinary investigations has dropped to 220. We have created a lot of efficiencies. However, as the judge said, we can only work within the resources we have available to us. We are almost as efficient as we can be with the resources we have.