Mr. Justin Kelly:

No, there is not. Bail applications are related to the risk that the person charged will turn up or not turn up. There is a whole range of issues in relation to that. Regarding the controlled deliveries, the Deputy is absolutely right. It is an international policing tactic. To answer his question on entrapment, our greatest use of controlled deliveries, which is common to most police forces, is around drugs. To give a straightforward example, if someone is importing drugs into the country and the drugs come into the country, they have started that themselves. They started that whole plan themselves. If we intercept them as they come into the country and we then continue the delivery, as in An Garda Síochána then delivers the drugs to someone, that is not entrapment; that is a controlled delivery. However, if we were to encourage someone or to supply the drugs originally to them and they were to import them into the country, that is obviously entrapment. That is something we do not do. There is clear case law on controlled deliveries. We have had many cases that have been through the courts and been through contested trials. Controlled deliveries is a well-proven tactic. In all cases involving this, we will have full disclosure to the DPP. All our actions right from the start of a controlled delivery would be fully explained to the DPP in very detailed files. There would often be meetings with representatives of the DPP's office, and they make the directions in respect of the charges relating to the controlled deliveries. It is the exact same for firearms and drugs. In firearms, there is significantly more risk for us around that. All the units involved in that are highly trained. We put a lot of time into the planning of those, including risk assessments and deciding whether we will do them or not. We look at the risk to the public, the risk to members of An Garda Síochána and the risks to the people involved in the importation or controlled delivery themselves. There are many factors in those. Many hours of planning go into those operations. There are often dozens of specially trained gardaí involved in those operations.