THE GARDAÍ CHARGED over €850,000 for policing sports events last year.
The GAA paid the gardaí almost €423,000 last year and over €313,000 in 2013, totalling over €736,000 in the past two years.
The figures were provided by the Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald during parliamentary questions in the Dáil.
The IRFU were next paying over €450,000 over the past two years while the FAI paid almost €264,000 in the same time period.
Here’s the breakdown of how much An Garda Síochána has been paid for policing sporting fixtures by the FAI, IRFU and the GAA in 2013 and 2014:
If you can’t see the table, click here.
Minister Fitzgerald said: “I am informed by the Garda authorities that the cost to the event holder is determined by the number of Garda personnel deployed and that the operational plan for a particular event is formulated by local Garda management.
The objective of charging is to recover the cost of providing the police services.
The Minister added that An Garda Síochána does not recover costs for charitable events or for national public events such as policing the St Patrick’s Day parade.
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