Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of official hours that have been spent by gardaí attending evictions from family homes. [27132/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The proceedings in which receivers take control of property are first and foremost civil proceedings to which the Gardaí are not a party, and do not have a role, unless specific actions are directed to them by the Court.There may be situations where Gardaí become aware, or are notified, that property is to be the subject of enforcement proceedings and in those circumstances it is an operational matter for Garda management to assess whether a Garda presence is advisable so as to prevent any risk of a breach of the peace. Enquiries are being made of the Garda Commissioner on the availability of statistics on this, and I will write to the Deputy.