Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 July 2004
107 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if additional funding will be provided to the Garda Síochána to meet the costs incurred in policing the visit of President Bush, in order not to impact negatively on Garda budget allocations in other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19834/04]
View answerGarda costs associated with the EU-US summit fall to be met out of the Garda Vote. An additional €12.473 million was made available in the Garda Vote to take account of the increased workload associated with our hosting of the EU Presidency this year so as to ensure, as far as possible, that normal policing resources would not be diverted during the six month Presidency period.
