Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the €70 million cut will impact on Garda services in 2012. [39737/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote. In that context the Garda authorities have informed me that they are currently examining the allocations for the Vote in 2012 which were published just last week.

I dealt with the reduction in the Garda Vote for 2012 in the course of my speech to this House on the Justice Sector Estimates for 2012 on the 7th of December 2011. I would refer the Deputy to the relevant portion of the speech.

It is, of course, the case that the Garda Commissioner has specifically confirmed that priority will be given to maintaining frontline services to the maximum extent possible. For my part, I have no doubt that the Garda organisation will continue to provide a fully effective and efficient policing service throughout the country in 2012 and beyond.