Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána

2:00 am

Mr. Aonghus O'Connor:

In the round, yes. It has to be looked at in the context that we are probably incurring about €8 million or €9 million a year and we are getting the vast bulk of that money back, albeit there is €2.6 million outstanding, but most of that is related to the past 24 or 48 months and we are in the process of getting that money back. The State will not be exposed to this in any meaningful way, but there will be some exposure.