Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many Garda divisions in Dublin will have to scale back their normal policing levels and operations in the final quarter of the year due to a significant shortfall in the Garda budget, in view of the fact that an unexpected and unbudgeted for €30 million had to be spent on the security operation around the visits of two foreign heads of State in May 2011; and if consideration will be given for a supplementary estimate to allow normal policing to happen. [23081/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I have previously provided this House with details of the Garda expenditure incurred on the policing of the State visits of Queen Elizabeth and President Obama in May this year. In that context I am currently engaging with my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in connection with the arrangements to be made to cover the expenditure involved.