Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 100: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cash in transit escorts provided by the Defence Forces during 2008; the amount of personnel hours involved in these operations; the amount paid by banks or financial institutions for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17775/09]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The number of cash in transit escorts provided by the Defence Forces in 2008 was 2,210. The average number of personnel per escort was 8 and the average duration of an escort was 10.9 hours. This gives a total of approximately 193,000 personnel hours expended by the escort teams on cash in transit escorts in 2008. Costs in respect of the service provided in the twelve month period to the end of December 2008 are currently being prepared by my Department. A sum of €7.34 million was paid by the banks for the provision of this service in 2007.