Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1703 of 8 September 2025, if he will provide a comprehensive breakdown of the overall spend of €32 million. [49719/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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High level visits to Ireland are of significant importance in the development and maintenance of our relations with other States. Such visits are to be welcomed and offer important opportunities to us, as a small outward-looking State, for positive engagement with partners. There is an obligation on the State to take appropriate measures to ensure the safety of every visiting dignitary, in line with risk assessment. Similar measures and courtesies are as a matter of course also extended to Ireland, when the President and members of Government travel on official visits to other States.

I have been advised by the Garda authorities that a cost of €31.86 million is recorded as incurred by An Garda Síochána in relation to the visit of the US President in April 2023 to Ireland. A breakdown of this figure is provided below: