Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the cost of the service provided by the Irish Coast Guard at the concerts held at Slane Castle, County Meath, in each of the years from 2004 to 2011 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17696/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Irish Coast Guard regularly pre-positions assets at major events such as Volvo Ocean Race, Tall Ships events, Cork Week Regatta, and any costs are captured within the overall training and incident response budget. Volunteers involved are entitled to claim an allowance for their time on service. This allowance is the same for any incident response and the current rate is €10.16 for the first hour and €3.81 for each subsequent hour.

29 Coast Guard volunteers, on foot of a request from local Gardaí, attended Slane Castle in 2011 and similar numbers in 2005, 2007 and 2009.