Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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801. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda witness programme in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [46586/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The budgets allocated to the Garda Witness Security Programme for the years 2011 - 2013 are set out in the following table.

As the Deputy will be aware, An Garda Síochána operates a Witness Security Programme to respond to attempts by criminal and other groups to prevent the normal functioning of the criminal justice system, including threats of violence and systematic intimidation of witnesses. By virtue of the highly confidential nature of the Programme and the need to maintain the protection of persons in that Programme, it is not the policy nor would it be appropriate to detail the specifics of its operation.