Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of qualified accountants who are members of the Garda fraud squad or who have been employed to work with the Garda fraud squad; the qualifications and ages of the individuals concerned; the date when recruited and if on secondment from any accountancy firms; the names of the firms, the number of such individuals and the individual arrangements entered into in relation to the work in which they are engaged. [1597/11]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are two Civilian Forensic Accountants employed full time by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation (GBFI) which replaced the Garda Fraud Squad in 1996. No accountants are employed on secondment in GBFI from any accountancy firms.

While it is not the practice to release personal details of individuals, I am informed that both accountants are fully qualified and have significant experience through their work carried out in the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.