Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that An Garda Síochána has received from organisations (details supplied) towards the costs of policing their events in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47966/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that 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.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the cost to the event holder is determined by the number of Garda personnel deployed and that the operational plan for a particular event is formulated by local Garda management.

The objective of charging is to recover the cost of providing the police services. I am further informed that An Garda Síochána does not seek to recover its costs for charitable events or for national public events such as policing the St. Patrick’s Day parade which are funded by the public purse.

The following table outlines the amounts received from the FAI, the IRFU and the GAA towards the cost of policing their events in 2016 and to the end of October 2017.