Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2023
494. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice to give a budgetary breakdown of the 115% (€500,000) increase in allocation from €436,000 to €900,000 for consultancy services and value for money and policy reviews as contained in the Government Budget 2023 publication page 214 under Vote Number 20 for An Garda Síochána; and the reason for this increase. [22676/23]
View answerI have sought the information requested by the Deputy, and will contact him again when this is to hand.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.
As you will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is the accounting officer of An Garda Síochána, and is by law responsible for expenditure of the Garda budget. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. I am advised by the Garda authorities that additional funds of €500k were provided in the Revised Estimates 2023 to An Garda Síochána, over and above the original 2022 Revised estimates of €436k. I am also advised that this was provided in the main to support work to be undertaken in 2023 within An Garda Síochána’s internal audit, human resource and people development, and finance and services functions.
I trust this information is of assistance.
