John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of Operation Anvil to date; and the successes achieved by the Garda Síochána during Operation Anvil. [11451/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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Operation Anvil commenced in the Dublin metropolitan region on 17 May 2005 with a view to addressing the problem of serious crime such as gun crime, robberies and burglaries and combating an emerging gun culture. At my request, Operation Anvil will be extended outside the Dublin metropolitan region during 2006. I also obtained funding to enable Operation Anvil to continue as long as it is deemed necessary in operational policing terms.

All operational personnel in the Dublin metropolitan region may be employed on Operation Anvil as the need arises. Personnel from the Garda national units are also deployed on the operation as appropriate. The net incremental cost of the operation from its commencement to 21 March 2006 is €11,205,071. This figure includes the cost of overtime, travel and subsistence and other ancillary costs. The table, which shows the statistics for Operation Anvil up to 19 March 2006, indicates that the operation has contributed to encouraging successes across a number of headings.