Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost per Garda of policing concerts and the proportion of this that is reimbursed by concert promoters and organisers. [39337/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides the statutory basis for the Garda Commissioner to charge for police services provided at certain events, including concerts. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the cost of providing policing for a concert is determined by the number of rostered hours and overtime hours involved. The average cost of a rostered hour is approximately €20 per hour and the average cost of an overtime hour is €31.

I am further advised that, as the policing of concerts can require a mixture of public and non-public duty, the proportion of the costs recovered from the organisers will vary from concert to concert. Overall, the Garda authorities estimate that, on average, concert organisers reimburse approximately 60% of the total cost of policing these events.