Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 May 2018
51. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 4 October 2017, the number of incidents since 2015 in which sums of money, confiscated money or evidence in a case were found to be missing, stolen or lost from a Garda station by the amount of missing, stolen or lost money involved, the date it was reported and the Garda station involved. [22689/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy is aware, I had initially sought a report from the Garda authorities in relation to this matter on 02 October 2017. In their response of 07 December 2017, I was advised by An Garda Síochána that as files from pre-2015 are stored off-site it would require a disproportionate expenditure of Garda time and resources to collate the information as originally requested by the Deputy.
The Deputy will recall that after further consultation between his office and my Department, I made further arrangements for this matter to be resubmitted to the Garda authorities on 29 January 2018 and requested a report on any information that was readily available to Gardaí.
I can assure the Deputy that officials from my Department are actively following up on this request with the Garda authorities and I will contact the Deputy immediately when the report is to hand.
