Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 November 2016
106. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the cost of Garda overtime in the Dublin north division for the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33778/16]
View answerThe Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is the accounting officer for An Garda Síochána and has responsibility for the allocation of Garda resources, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in these matters.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table provides an analysis of overtime expenditure for the DMR North Division for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date.
|
Year |
Total Overtime Expenditure DMR North Division |
|
- |
- |
|
2014 |
€2,712,352 |
|
2015 |
€4,289,822 |
|
2016 (January-October) |
€6,470,540 |
|
- |
- |
|
Total |
€13,472,714 |
I am further informed that, due to a payroll timing issue, the figure for 2015 includes 14 roster payments as opposed to the normal 13 roster payments per annum. The figure for 2016 includes expenditure on Operation Thor, organised crime operations, the 1916 Centenary celebrations and the visit of US Vice President Biden.
