Having made those points, it is important to emphasise to the House that the Garda Síochána is taking steps to strengthen and sharpen its capacity to deal with crimes of sexual abuse against children. The criminal law, such as it is, is a matter, not for direction by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform as to how individual investigations should be carried out, but for enforcement by the Garda Síochána in partnership with the Director of Public Prosecutions. Any resources needed to counter and detect cases of child abuse will be made available by my Department to the Garda Síochána.