Mr. Padraic Jones:

In the very first module of their training, Garda trainees are spoken to and receive instruction relating to disabilities. Further on through the training, there is a module on community-centred policing and it certainly focuses on disabilities. As I mentioned in my introduction, that then marries with the operational piece. They get the theory and that is then married to the practical in their observational role when they go out for their 11 weeks and are actually exposed to people with disabilities and work with them.