Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the total number of overtime hours undertaken by the Gardaí in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [2068/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the numbers of overtime hours worked by members of An Garda Síochána in the years in question were as follows: 2010, 2,462,484 hours; 2011, 2,565,684 hours; and 2012, 1,310,954 hours. The 2011 figure includes overtime in respect of duties carried out during the State Visits of President Obama and Queen Elizabeth II which amounted in total to 765,598 hours.