Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cash in transit missions supported by the Defence Forces in each of the past three years; the extent to which payment has been made to the Exchequer in lieu thereof by the various financial agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20536/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Following a detailed formal agreement with the Irish Bankers Federation, which was signed on 11 May 2005, the banks pay the total actual costs incurred by the Defence Forces in the provision of cash escorts. Costs in respect of each 12 month period to end-December, are paid the following year on or before the 1st June. This is to allow for the compilation of returns from the brigades and allocation of costs following the year-end. The total cost in respect of the provision by the Defence Forces of assistance to the Garda Síochána in protecting movements of cash for the years 2005 to 2007 was as follows: