Written answers

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Department of Justice and Equality

Garda Operations

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding An Garda Síochána has received from concert promoters and sporting organisations towards covering the cost of policing at concerts and sporting events in 2012 and 2013. [2431/14]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides a statutory basis for the Garda Commissioner, as Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote, to charge for police services on a non-public duty basis for commercial events such as sports fixtures and concerts. In that context, I am informed by the Garda authorities that the monies recouped by An Garda Síochána for policing services at various events in 2012 and 2013 are as shown in the table below.

Category2012 Monies Received2013 Monies Received*
Sporting Fixtures1,954,323972,856
Concerts/Festivals  738,2841,009,692
Other Events1,431,949873,926
Total4,124,5562,856,474
* The figures for 2013 are provisional pending finalisation of the 2013 Appropriation Account for the Garda Vote.

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