Pearse Doherty
Question:27. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence the moneys received by the Defence Forces during each of the past ten years for providing escorts to cash in transit. [54706/12]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 December 2012
27. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence the moneys received by the Defence Forces during each of the past ten years for providing escorts to cash in transit. [54706/12]
View answerThe monies received by the Department of Defence in respect of the provision by the Defence Forces of assistance to An Garda Síochána in protecting movements of cash for the past ten years are as follows:
Year |
Amount Received |
Year |
Amount Received |
2002 |
€2.86m |
2007 |
€7.34m |
2003 |
€2.86m |
2008 |
€7.45m |
2004 |
€3.86m |
2009 |
€7.39m |
2005 |
€6.03m |
2010 |
€7.47m |
2006 |
€6.47m |
2011 |
€7.34m |
Previous to 2005, the contribution from the banks only part-covered the total costs to the State of providing cash escorts. An agreement that was signed with the Irish Banking Federation and its member Banks in 2005 provides that the banks will pay the total actual costs incurred in the provision by the Defence Forces of cash escorts for the banks. This agreement was subsequently renewed in 2011.