Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts and projects awarded to companies since 2009 that have been supported or co-financed by the EU under the internal security fund; the names of the companies that have been awarded the contracts; and the costs associated with same, in tabular form. [7901/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The purpose of the Internal Security Fund (ISF) is to promote the implementation of the EU’s , , and the . The Finance Directorate of An Garda Síochána is the designated Responsible Authority of the ISF.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that as prescribed by EU Procurement Directives certain exemptions can be invoked, in particular, in the areas of Defence and Security contracts for goods and/or services. To provide details of these contracts would give rise to unnecessary risk to the essential security interests of the State.

However, I am informed by the Garda authorities that, since 2009 total expenditure for the ISF is €2,529,630.