Written answers
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 am
Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €7.223 million paid to citizens in 2008 as a result of awards against the gardaí and the number of cases in which disciplinary action was taken against members of the force. [42864/10]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The amount paid in damages in respect of civil claims handled by my Department, arising from the actions of members of the Garda Síochána, is set out in the table below. This information is also available on my Department's website. In addition to the claims handled in my Department, the State Claims Agency also manages other categories of personal injury and property damage claims against the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. The amount paid out by the State Claims Agency in 2008 in Legal Claims following actions by Gardaí in the perfomance of their duties is €134,695.00.
| Category of payment | Assault | UnlawfulArrest | Other | Overall total |
| Awards | €12,500.00(1) | €5,500.00(1) | €12,500.00(1) | |
| Settlements | €505,000(15) | €56,024.34(6) | €648,157.58(20) | |
| Costs | €816,847.70(15) | €713,468.42(16) | €4,317,975.40(36 ) | |
| Total | €1,334,347.70 | €774,992.76 | €4,978,632.98 | €7,087,973.34 |
*the figure in brackets indicates the number of cases of this type dealt with in the particular year
The question of discipline is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the first instance. The information requested by the Deputy is not currently to hand and I will write to the Deputy when it has been received.
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