I propose to take Questions Nos. 331 and 338 together.
The deployment of Gardaí at Shannon Airport is aimed primarily at protecting the safety of passengers and other people working at and using the airport. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the cost to An Garda Síochána of deployment at Shannon airport was €1,231,671 in 2015 comprising salaries and other pay and non-pay related expenditure and the breakdown of that expenditure by month is set out in the following table.
Month in 2015
|
Expenditure
|
January
|
€107,928
|
February
|
€86,833
|
March
|
€105,202
|
April
|
€105,572
|
May
|
€96,355
|
June
|
€94,392
|
July
|
€107,434
|
August
|
€105,640
|
September
|
€99,955
|
October
|
€123,827
|
November
|
€96,465
|
December
|
€102,068
|
Total
|
€1,231,671
|