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Defence Forces Deployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Questions (1135)

John Lyons

Question:

1135. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Defence which are the banks that currently avail of Army escorts for delivering cash to their bank branches; if he will advise who pays the Army for this service: if he will detail the number of incidents which have occurred during such escorts in the past three years and who is liable for such incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37397/13]

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Primary responsibility for security matters rests with An Garda Síochána. The Defence Forces, pursuant to their role in rendering Aid to the Civil Power, provide armed escorts for certain cash movements within the State when requested to do so by An Garda Síochána. An agreement that was signed with the Irish Banking Federation and its member banks in 2005, and subsequently renewed in 2011, provides that the Irish Banking Federation will pay the Department of Defence the total actual costs incurred in the provision of this service.

Operational details in relation to any aspect of these cash escorts cannot be disclosed for security reasons. The agreement with the Irish Banking Federation stipulates that the Department of Defence is not liable in respect of any potential loss of funds should an incident occur.

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