Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have graduated with the fraud and e-crime investigation postgraduate certificate in UCD; the number undertaking the course; the cost to An Garda Síochána in 2017 and to date in 2018 of running the qualification and sending gardaí to study the course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29755/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, it is the Garda Commissioner who has statutory responsibility for carrying on and managing and controlling generally the administration and business of An Garda Síochána including training and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter.

I am informed by the Commissioner that a total of 88 Garda personnel undertook and successfully completed the Postgraduate Certificate course in Fraud and E-Crime Investigation provided by UCD, 44 in each of the years 2016 and 2017. It is expected that a similar number of personnel will attend the course when it commences later this year.

I am informed by the Commissioner that cost to An Garda Síochána of Garda personnel attending the course in 2017 was €80,096.83 excluding travel and subsistence costs associated with attendance at the course. It is expected that similar costs will be incurred in 2018.