Mr. Paul Reid:

There are three points to be made there. I am sure the committee may or may not decide to call in An Garda Síochána, so I do not want to speak for the Garda but at every citizens' assembly meeting it was recognised the job the members have in putting their lives on the line in battling crime. I just wanted to put this on record.

Second, with regard to the demands that may or may not be on them given what we are recommending, we would be of the view that there may be less demands, fewer days in court, less working through the criminal system, and more people to do community policing. There may be different ways of working and in approach but we would not necessarily see extra demands for An Garda Síochána. We would see extra demands for health services and community services.

On the strategy - and Dr. Ivers answered this earlier - under the current model people can opt in to help but it is not their responsibility to see the wider solutions through, whether it is Housing First or whatever the solution is. This is why our strategy would propose to bring this up to a very senior political level with a Cabinet committee to oversee the responses, chaired by a Taoiseach. We see this rising up.