Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of purchasing and training sniffer dogs for use by the security and customs services in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32442/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the costs associated with the training and procurement of detector dogs for the Customs Service in the past 5 years were as follows:

2008 €33,802

2007 €91,411

2006 €66,594

2005 €133,314

2004 €55,519

The above costs include the cost of travelling and subsistence for the officers being trained as dog handlers.