Recommendation 12

The PSNI and the Gardaí have developed bilateral mechanisms for sharing operational policing information. The Trade and Co-operation Agreement does not appear to impede the continuing exchange of operational information between UK and Irish law enforcement agencies, but both countries should be ambitious and build on the arrangements already in place. The Government must set out how it plans to support the development of existing bilateral mechanisms for the exchange of operational policing information between UK and Irish law enforcement agencies in line with technological advances to ensure that operational information exchange is as efficient as possible.