Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has an estimate for the amount of time spent by the Garda Síochána in the past year in responding to false alarms from automatic domestic alarms (details supplied); his views on whether this is a wise use of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30203/04]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The Garda authorities are not in a position to quantify the amount of time spent answering false alarms. The Garda authorities have conducted a review of policy on this matter and I am advised that they are now in discussion with the security industry on revised arrangements. Agreement on revised arrangements should have a significant effect in reducing the number of false alarms.