Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The budget allocation for the purchase and fitting out of new vehicles in 2014 was €4 million. In October 2014, a further €7 million was made available for the purchase and fitting out of vehicles. I have mentioned the number of vehicles that will be purchased on foot of this investment before the end of the year. They will be delivered by the end of this year and assigned to various Garda divisions.

I asked questions earlier in the year about the maintenance of Garda vehicles. As the Deputies would expect, An Garda Síochána tenders and reviews costs all the time. I can only assume this is how the savings were made. There are just greater efficiencies. Vehicles must be replaced at 300,000 km. With the replacement of cars with new ones coming on stream, there are certain efficiencies.