Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will supply figures (details supplied); if he will provide same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25491/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that overtime expenditure from the Garda Vote (including civilian overtime) for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 (up to 24/6/09) is as set out in the table.

The increased level of resources and manpower now available to the Commissioner means that there is less dependency on overtime within the organisation. As a matter of record the overtime allocation for Operation Anvil has increased from €20m in 2008 to €21m in 2009. The total overtime budget for An Garda Síochána in 2009 is €80m.