Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the monthly cost of policing around the Corrib gas project in 2010 and the total cost to date. [35397/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the overall costs of the policing operation to date for the Corrib Gas project, from the commencement of the operation in August 2005 to end September 2010 is approximately €13.925 million. The figure for 2010 to end September is €337, 777. A detailed breakdown of the figures is set out in the table below. These figures do not include the basic salaries of the members who performed the duty at the Corrib Gas project. These costs and the breakdown of costs by month are not readily available and could only be obtained by the disproportionate expenditure of Garda time and resources relative to the information sought.