Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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372. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost in 2022 if the budget for the Civil Defence increased by 12%. [48366/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The allocation provided to Civil Defence from my Department in 2021 was €4.64 million. The full year cost of increasing this allocation by 12% would be €0.56 million. (An additional €1 million was also provided for Civil Defence from the 2021 Dormant Accounts Action Plan through my Department.)