Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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427. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current budget for An Garda Síochána in the Dundalk and north Louth area. [6270/14]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget for each year for the Dundalk and north Louth area from 2008. [6271/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 427 and 428 together.

The Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote. In this context I am informed by the Garda authorities that the direct costs of running the Dundalk District and the Louth Division from 2008 to 2013 are outlined in the table below. I also understand that certain further Garda expenditure arose in relation to the District and the Division which was met centrally by the Force. However, the specific details involved are not readily available and I am advised that significant Garda resources would be required to extract them.

At this stage it is not possible to accurately predict the relevant expenditure figures for 2014.