Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2012
474 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on repairing Garda vehicles in the period June 2011 to June 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27803/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra475 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on repairing Garda vehicles in the period June 2010 to June 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27804/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra476 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on repairing Garda vehicles in the period June 2009 to June 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27805/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra477 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the location at which the money was spent for the repairs to Garda vehicles; if the repairs were carried out in Dublin centrally or at various locations throughout the country; if he will provide a breakdown of the location at which the money was spent in June 2009 to June 2010, June 2010 to June 2011 and June 2011 to June 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27806/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra478 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on repairing Garda vehicles in the period June 2011 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27807/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra479 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on repairing Garda vehicles in the period June 2010 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27808/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra480 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on repairing Garda vehicles in the period June 2009 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27809/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 474 to 480, inclusive, together.
Decisions in relation to the provision, deployment and maintenance of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner. In that regard, I am informed that from 01 June 2009, all Garda vehicles have been serviced, repaired and maintained by local main dealers. In April 2012, a contract was awarded to the Ford Motor Company for the service, repair and maintenance of the vehicle fleet and this service is carried out by local Ford service agents.
The Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote. In that context I am advised by the Garda authorities that records in relation to repairs for the Garda fleet are not readily available in a format which provides a breakdown of the costs incurred by location. I am further informed that the extraction of such data would require a disproportionate use of Garda resources.
However, the Garda authorities have advised me that the costs of maintaining Garda vehicles, which include spare parts and tyres, for the periods requested by the Deputy were as outlined in the following table:
|
Year |
Cost |
|
01/06/09-31/05/10 |
€11.661 million |
|
01/06/10-31/05/11 |
€13.074 million |
|
01/06/11-31/05/12 |
€10.701 million |
