Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual costs of policing major sporting and commercial entertainment events; if promoters and organisations contribute to these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11856/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote. In that context, I am informed by the Garda authorities that the overall cost of policing major sporting and entertainment events is not readily available and that the extraction of the relevant data would require a disproportionate amount of Garda resources. Section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides a statutory basis for the Garda Commissioner to charge for police services on a non-public duty basis for commercial events. In that regard I understand that the cost to the event holder is determined by the number of Garda personnel deployed. The operational plan for a particular event is formulated by local Garda management.

Details of the monies recouped to An Garda Síochána for policing services at various events over the period 2010 – 2012 are provided in the following table: