Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
9:00 am
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I welcome the Tánaiste and her officials to the meeting. I apologise but I do not know the subhead under which the issues I wish to raise arise but I am sure the Tánaiste will be able to locate the required information relatively quickly. The overall Vote for the Department has been increased by 4.7% this year. In regard to Garda vehicles, 200 were replaced in 2014; 493 in 2015; 500 in 2016 and 350 in 2017. I appreciate that for a number of years there were issues with budgets and as a result there was probably a backlog of vehicles that had to be replaced but, having caught up with the number of vehicles that had to be replaced across the fleet, is there an optimal number in terms of vehicle replacements annually and where are we at in that regard?
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