Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost, following the necessary and well organised Garda operation on 18 September 2013 of policing a protest in Dublin city centre; the number of Gardaí involved and from which divisions said Gardaí were drawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39786/13]

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 specific costings in relation to the Garda operation in question are not available and that they could not be compiled without a disproportionate use of Garda resources.